The amount of time it takes to reach pirate legend is honestly absurd, and considering the developers have always said 'the game really starts when you reach pirate legend' I would've expected it to me a more 'realistic' goal, so to speak. My reputation levels are currently 36, 36, 30, and considering I've been told that leveling from 42 - 50 takes the same amount of time as the previous 42 levels, I just don't aspire to reach legendary status anymore. I know that the title wouldn't mean as much if anyone and everyone had it, but why not make pirate legend a more achievable and realistic goal for the majority and then make ranks to exceed pirate legend harder to achieve? (e.g. the rumored 'pirate captain' or 'legendary captain')
The other alternative is to add new game play mechanics with new ways of earning reputation, but to justify the amount of time it takes to achieve pirate legend this would require months of work.