@dragotech123
If you sit down and do it, 1-100 isn't that bad. And I disagree with the curse thing. If every average player is running around as ghosts and skeletons, I think it makes the curse feel the same as the ashen curse, dumb. When its so easy to obtain, something cool becomes something lame imo. golden bones and gold blessing already demonstrate lots of time and dedication (not necessarily skill). I think I have already seen enough people with the ghost curse. The more obtainable it is, the more it is devalued. No one uses ashen curse because its completely devalued, and people love the gold curse because its not easy to obtain. The gold curse is the PVE equivalent to these new curses, and it is still really cool, that may be more your style.
Also, if you are struggling with PVP, this new mode is the easiest way we have had in a long time to get good at PVP. I learned to get decent through arena, but since that left, I always felt like its unfair to new players that have no access to a means to practice. The open seas just don't offer much competition or a way to get better at cannon shots, boarding, etc. They have the occasional decent fight, but there just aren't that many pvpers out there, and if you find them, they shut you down too fast to practice. This new mode is really good for practice. I am learning a lot, I am not some chad, and I am already 56 with the servants.
I assume you will disagree with this, so agree to disagree. I understand the desire to have the "cool" things, but I think the "cool" things need to be hard or time consuming at minimum, like the gold curse. That keeps them cool. The ashen curse, coral curse, and others are just too easy to obtain and it devalues them. Good luck out there, if you ever want to sloop up for PVP, I am happy to help :).