Here are the rules for ranking and such.
Each rank is decided by Getting bounty's if your a pirate. Collecting bounty's if your a pirate hunter(Capturing a pirate and taking them to the bounty collector). And capturing pirate's if your in the navy. Each moderator and Admin Will roam around Area's as a NPC Pirate for the fact that there wont be alot of normal pirate's to capture(All NPC pirate's are level 2/buccaneer's).
~Pirate Rank's~
Level 1-Sea Dog
Level 2-Buccaneer
Level 3-Pirate
Level 4-Pirate King
~Navy Rank's~
Level 1-Seamen
Level 2-Lieutenant
Level 3-Commander
Level 4-Admiral
~Pirate Hunter~
Level 1-Pirate Tracker
Level 2-Pirate Kidnapper
Level 3-Pirate Killer
Level 4-Pirate Hunter
~How To Gain Rank's~
OK, You know the basic's of the rank's. And the rank's for each Class. Now to get into the more technical term's.
Pirate
If your a pirate you need a bounty. Higher the bounty. The higher your rank.
To gain a bounty it fairly simple. If you kill another player. Or Beat another player in battle. You get a addition to your bounty according to their Rank.
level 1=$100 additional bounty.
level 2=$200 additional bounty.
level 3=$500 additional bounty.
level 4=$1000 additional bounty.
Bounty for each Rank:
level 1= Starting level.
level 2= $1,000
level 3= $2,500
level 4= $5,000
Navy
If your in the navy. You need to capture Pirate's by beating or killing them in a fight. Each captured pirate give's you a certain amount of Piracy point's depending on their rank.
level 1=1 PP
level 2=2 PP
level 3=5 PP
level 4=10 PP
PP for each Rank:
level 1= Starting level
level 2= 10 PP
level 3= 25 PP
level 4= 50 PP
Pirate Hunter
If your a pirate hunter. You need to get BOUNTY'S! To do this you capture or kill a pirate. Or other pirate hunter's. Pirate hunter's get bounty's for collecting bounty's. So it work's all most the same way as a pirate. If you capture a
level 2 pirate. You gain $200 in bounty.
level 1=$100 additional bounty.
level 2=$200 additional bounty.
level 3=$500 additional bounty.
level 4=$1000 additional bounty.
Bounty for each Rank:
level 1= Starting level.
level 2= $1,000
level 3= $2,500
level 4= $5,000