I used to be a big person on there. I had a crew, a flag, money, black clothes, a sloop, a war brig and a War Frigate and I was ultimate at Swordfighting and Batlle Navigation. It changed and got boring, they ruined it with new features, like all the stupid brigand kings, treasure haul, huge amounts of effort spent on blockades, rather than Pillaging like in the past. Pillaging was the most fun part.
Anyway, when my account was deleted, I had something like 80,000 POE in loose money, and a load more invested in things like ships, and in PP terms, that was quite poor for someone who had got that far.
Also, I kick ass at Swordfighting, at one point, in a Familiar tournament in swordfighting, there was 700 entries and I got to the semi-finals (final 4) and got knocked out by the winner.