I would never say that TUDOR alone is the end of piracy as i hit phoenix a few times recently just because he was on the board. The retal may have been bad, resulting in the loss of attributes on a man of war of mine, but after an exhange of words and compensations, everything was back to the norm.
When being a pirate, retaliation is to be expected for anything, and this isnt understood by many fresh pirates and such. Pirates and ex-pirates like me, Tom Lowe, Edward Pellew (Charles Vane), Silvershadow, and garrettjax (back in the day) always knew what was to hit back at us and we just took it one way or another. Learning to “weather the storm” is an essential skill for all pirates to learn. Running stuff like frigates and flag galleons are great for pirates as they are just strong enough to get the job done AND it isnt worth leviathaning them economically. Really anything done to them is a loss to the caster. Sabotages and levis alike. They are also not worth stealing, making them perfect
As long as a pirate is ready to eat what he has coming, piracy will never die