Maybe I'm confused, but I think you might be going down a rabbit hole for no reason. Other have confirmed that the pirate is working as expected on Origin.That's something which I am much worried about....
And if that happened, quite a few players might remain royally upset for not having turned in their Maritime Trade Cargo into Doubloons OR used their already earned Doubloons to claim Rewards....
That would be a NET loss of all their time invested in gameplay and only because there was no ample forewarning about such shut down of the Black Market ?
May I ask what good would it do to Ultima Online to upset players that much ?
What exactly are you referring to?