Do Pirates have experience or levels?
As you travel the world and improve your Puzzling abilities you will gain improved Standing and Experience Ratings for your Pirate. These Ratings are accrued for individual puzzles and ‘Accounts’ of your deeds. As your Pirate gains the respect of her fellows, she’ll be offered greater Rank in her Crew, and perhaps even a title, such as ‘Gunner’. Standing is determined relative to the other Pirates, like a chess rating, both for your home Archipelago and for the entire Ocean. It can therefore go up and down relative to the distribution of player skill. Experience is a more traditional measure of the player’s endeavours, consistent with RPG experience, but specific to the particular Puzzle or Account. We do not have an overall ‘level’ or other generic experience rating.
