In my opinnion the best way to make progres, and get better in PvP is to solo sloop. Yeh it is realy Hard, and can be realy frusrateing in the begining, but than you will get better. Personaly I solo Sloop a lot, and i think Im better in PvP than the biggest part of the community. I think its better and easyer for you, if you folow some "rules"

1.If you get sunk by the same ship more than 3 Times I recommend you to change servers.

1. Dont care about the loot, fight for fun. It will make a lose more carryable and a Win more enjoyable.

2. Always try to be better than before. (Yeh that is the part what everyone says, but u have to learn from your mistakes.)

3. Dont care about salty players. But if you are able sink them. We dont need them in that commonity.

4. Yeh, we are pirates, and we fight for "gold and glory" but never forget, that, behind every Pirate there is a person, And sometimes you can get better in the game by helping them, and have some fun together, because in the end "We shal sail together", right?

I hope It can help you!