User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 25-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag gameplay trailer/@comment-4999424-20130423151352/@comment-4829046-20130423152408

Thanks! Great to know, also you missed

"For completing missions, players will receive money"

Guess they back-tracked from AC3 a bit there so as to keep true to the pirate theme. The re-introduction of prostitutes may mean a return in recruit-able factions.

Rival Pirates and privateers will be a bitch since the first thing I do in any game is explore the entire map before I do missions and earn money.