A word about "rep-stealing"...

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Dog Firestack

One thing about not being able to boot for actual real sailing. They MIGHT I repeat MIGHT not do it because of people misusing it. They might just boot off everybody they sea or if they get some full royals they boot off everybody on the ship so they just wasted their time. This might be the ONLY reason why they won't do this, or they're just lazy to hit a fwe buttons to let it happen.

I agree - they might not do it because of those fears. Yet those same fears have not played out in privateering.