Several Known Issues to be Addressed!
We have an upcoming patch to Pirates Online that will fix several issues. Here are the release notes for the publish that will happen in the next few days:

Some missing NPCs on Port Royal and Tortuga have returned

Pressing "escape" now closes the Chat Panel as it used to

The Boarding Permission panel now hides when you click the Boarding Permission button

Fixed the ten second flicker on the Compass and Ray of Light for some tracked quests

Swamp water on Tortuga should look better now

Musicians in Tortuga tavern now have actual names

If a player rejects your invitation to become your friend, you now receive a notification

Harmless animals no longer appear as enemies on the Compass

Ships that have respawned now show up on the Compass

Your current ship now maintains its bronze color on the Compass

Fixed several client memory leaks

Fixed various other smaller bugs