Disney should release the SOTL as a 4th rate. Not a 1st rate, as it is now.
Current SOTL in the game. 1st Rate: A ship of the line, the largest ship on the water at the time. Carries 100 great guns or more. Used by the established navies of the day. HMS Victory is a 1st rate. A great prize, but probably never used by a pirate since they required large crews (approx 800) and were expensive to operate.
2nd Rate: 90-98 gun ship of the line, next largest
3rd Rate: 64-80 gun ship of the line
Should be released. 4th Rate: 40-60 gun ship of the line.
You still get the title, Ship of the Line, but with a nifty little 4TH RATE. next to it. Would be alot harder to sink stuff with this smaller sotl, but still easy. Like a war frigate that has been working out.