Welcome back mate! Glad to see pirates returning!
Since you've been gone for a while, you probably will be needing to find an active guild to help you level and such. The
Guilds and Clans section has a load of guilds that you can pick from. Lot's of great guilds in here. Then of course there are the subforum guilds:
Black Bart's Krewe,
Partners N Crime, and my own
Shadow Sorcerors. Welcome back to the game mate, and happy pirating!