Mates were chatting on-line today about the number of NPC pirates that have us running around questing to get them Rum or ingredients to make rum or etc, etc. One of my mates popped up and said but we are the ones that drink the Rum! That statement definitely hit home...The NPC's keep sending us out because when we return to deliver the Rum to them...It's always Gone"! So, methinks we pirates deliver empty bottles & thus causing the NPC's to send out the next questing mate to make good on that which we devoured. It's a vicious cycle.
Maybe...maybe not...just some thoughts from the mind of this Rum loving wench...But it makes sense to me