It’s always the way, you turn up in the captain’s inn looking to meet someone new and there’s no-one right for you around. Your ships still need crew, however, so you’ll have to settle for second best and put someone not-entirely-seaworthy in charge of your prize galleon. In Republic of Pirates that’s been a problem affecting players so far but a new patch has made finding a shipshape captain much easier.

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