How about giving the lower ranked captains a way to steam up the ranks easier,
with higher set stakes and more dublouns and regales .
Lets say in short:
The higher the rank, the more difficult it gets to urn your dublouns and your way up.
Oh and ofcourse there will be a wipe first.
And i mean a total wipe,ranks dublouns regales ports and all.
so everybody starts at same ranks and also ports are reset.