(11-06-2016, 07:17 PM)Zetchryn Wrote: The problem with pirate FCs is simple: Limsa does not tolerate piracy that it doesn't control. Thus, many people play 'former pirates' simply because otherwise, it's too hard to do so successfully.
Well, there is piracy and then there is acting as a privateer - which is pretty much the same thing, except you are limited in whose ships you may attack.
There is also the fact that quite a few "former" pirates are not nearly as reformed as they would like to appear.