Hi! I have done the tower a couple of times now, but I can't seem to beat floor 8, the Nefarious Five. Every time I try the dungeon with a full group I can't get by them. I'm not really sure what to do about it other than asking for advice. One time I was trying to get the badge with a full group, they all died but the fight wouldn't stop because my pirate was an enemy.

The Loyal Swashbuckler
Noble Ryan Thompson 65
Loyal Garret Jones 65
Cautious Joshua Ironside 61
Smart Todd Wright 18
Fearless William Ashburn 12
Sneaky Blaze Dodger 1

The Loyal Swashbuc... on Sep 6, 2014 wrote:

Hi! I have done the tower a couple of times now, but I can't seem to beat floor 8, the Nefarious Five. Every time I try the dungeon with a full group I can't get by them. I'm not really sure what to do about it other than asking for advice. One time I was trying to get the badge with a full group, they all died but the fight wouldn't stop because my pirate was an enemy.

The Loyal Swashbuckler
Noble Ryan Thompson 65
Loyal Garret Jones 65
Cautious Joshua Ironside 61
Smart Todd Wright 18
Fearless William Ashburn 12
Sneaky Blaze Dodger 1

I have done the tower several times since it went live and yes it is harder but we have always prevailed. It is a good idea to focus on taking out that privateer first so the charming will stop and all the healing. Then you can focus on the others, one at a time. Throwing out a lot of minion doubloons will help a lot in distracting them so you can take them out. I am sure the other Message Board Marauders have some good tips for you to tackle this nefarious tower.

Oops forgot to mention a few tips to get the badge:

1) make sure you take off all your gear (it makes it easier to kill you, plus if your not a musketeer or witch lowers damage making you not a threat, even if you are still take your gear off). Make it as easy as possible for your team. Drinking that potion makes it hard so try to make it as easy as possible for your team.

2) SUMMON ON THE FIRST ONLY! it helps and please do it, but after you change don't do it anymore cause it helps the other side.

3) Other team mates can aim at other if you are not a witchdoctor or musketeer(if so it recommend to take them out, but don't your all your team's damage on them).

4) Rearrange your powers before the match, it helps, make sure that your weaker ones are in front.

One final advice, stay calm and if you think your in trouble don't forget to protect and use doubloon. Having your health doubloon in front is a great idea.

Hope this helps!

The best thing to do would probably be stay where you are and let them come to you. The buck will come to you first and attack you so you should be prepared for that, the best companion you should choose is Bonnie because she is quite useful in a battle like that. Make sure you have a musket with you, their traps will slow down the enemy and you would be able to kill one by one.
If you want to get the badge choose good companions that deal quite a lot of damage, before drinking the fountain you should leave the first enemy a bit of health so then there would only be five people you have to kill after you kill the other one. Also take off all your gear and discard your powers.
Hoped this helped!
Brave Bradley Barclay

Every pirate here be right, it be hardest challenge we ever done, like those we always find a way to win the fight, I to had me share of brawls at that tower but win or lose I NEVER back down from a fight, so ye be in good hands matey, good luck.

- Deadeye Jack Morgan

lucky i cant even get past floor two by myself!

The Loyal Swashbuc... on Sep 6, 2014 wrote:

Hi! I have done the tower a couple of times now, but I can't seem to beat floor 8, the Nefarious Five. Every time I try the dungeon with a full group I can't get by them. I'm not really sure what to do about it other than asking for advice. One time I was trying to get the badge with a full group, they all died but the fight wouldn't stop because my pirate was an enemy.

The Loyal Swashbuckler
Noble Ryan Thompson 65
Loyal Garret Jones 65
Cautious Joshua Ironside 61
Smart Todd Wright 18
Fearless William Ashburn 12
Sneaky Blaze Dodger 1

I've only been able to do the Tower twice, w/ both times being solo attempts. I don't get a lot of time on the computer, or at least large chunks of time. I want to go in a group but I am afraid that due to time constraints & 2 wild & crazy 1/2-toddlers, I just don't want to have to duck out & ditch my group members. But going solo helped since I didn't get a chance to do the Tower in test, & it gave me a gauge for the enemies & each floor.

The 1st time I went solo I did not use any Doubloons or henchmen to get an accurate feel for the difficulty level w/out any 'bonuses' influencing the battles. I made it to the fire floor & lost 4 companions in the process. I almost beat the fire floor & had only 2 enemies left, but my crew was soon engulfed in flames & didn't have quite enough oomph left to finish them off before being flame-broiled.

My 2nd attempt was quite a different result, as I now had a gauge on what I was up against. Plus, I enlisted & 'allowed' the help of a Henchman & Doubloon usage. I made it all the way to the Nefarious 5 with relative ease & had only lost my 1st mate Peter Quint & El Toro along the way. I used 1 henchman, the Level 65 Privateer, on floors 2,3,4, 6 & 7. I probably didn't need to on floors 2 & 3, but did so anyways to protect my crew's hide. This time the fire floor was a cakewalk and at the end of the battle all of my companions were near full health & only my pirate & Henchman had just barely entered into yellow. Only 1 crew member took minor damage from the fires, & in only the last round.

I lost Quint in the battle against the Corrupt Ronin and El Toro as well-- for some reason he decided he didn't want to dodge anything in that battle (7th floor).

Of course I was done in several times by the Nefarious 5, but it helped me work on strategies. On my 2nd try, I made the mistake of Hiding with my pirate on the first round, which left Bonnie Anne exposed to the Buccaneer's Charge. He had her almost in the red after his 1st round attacking charge. The 1st time I tried the Nefarious 5 battle with Holkun Doomhorn, hoping his heavy armor & high health would allow my pirate to at least whittle down the 5's health. Valkoor actually did an admirable job & was able to hide & Buff w/ 3 Valor's Fortress & 1 Levi's Call as 4 of the Nefarious group blindly surrounded him. On the last turn of Hidden I used Assassin's Strike on the Witchdoctor & nearly finished him off along with great damage on the Privateer-- from multiple Crit Hits from Follow Through & chains of Blade Storms.

Luckily an absorb damage for 1 round Doubloon popped up & that next round all 5 enemies went for my pirate. I then used my Bucc's Reckless Frenzy while 3 of the shielding buffs were still active. I was able to finish off the WD & the Privy, but then my pirate's attacks were directed at the Swashbuckler who, 1st Struck, and Riposted me into low health. I survived 1 more round but the outcome was eminent.

It was a great learning experience though.

I was able to get to the Nefarious five solo as well but It is impossible to win that fight alone. I think I hit one of them when I threw in the kitchen sink though lol. Unfortunately the witchdoctor was able to reattach his head. I like that the tower can't be soloed it shows us that we do have limits.

Virtuous Dante Ramsey

Ratbeard on Sep 8, 2014 wrote:

Great recap, Valkoor!

I don't think anybody has solo'ed it yet with a Buccaneer (actually, I'm not sure the current status of Live solo runs).

Perhaps 3rd time is the... charm...

Thanks Ratbeard- ooh, man oh man, I do love those sly hints!

"Charm" you say, hmmmmm, might that be a reference to the Power or the gear-- double hmmmmm. I do have a pet with Charming Gaze 3, maybe that is worth a shot. I did have a 630 pedigree Budgie in battle with me, that had Charming Gaze 2, but it never kicked in and the Nefarious 5 focused fire on it with multiple attacks and enjoyed some crispy wings relatively easy. Maybe there is another way for a Buccaneer to acquire Charm, but I don't know of any pre-update. Can members of the Nefarious 5 be charmed? Maybe I'm on the wrong trail. Ok, so Mr. Trelawny, I need my shovel back since I am done buying Grizzly packs......I got some digging to do.

Or possibly your clue is a reference to the Charm gear slot. Could Bishop possibly help? Or another piece of gear I am not yet aware of. Hmmm, why is it that so many of your posts leave me both extremely Christmas-like excited and also with a headache......and sometimes so confused?

Or maybe I should just use my o'natural piratical charm on that Nefarious bunch. Well, thanks for the reply and for the tip!

ValkoorTheVictorio... on Sep 8, 2014 wrote:

Thanks Ratbeard- ooh, man oh man, I do love those sly hints!

"Charm" you say, hmmmmm, might that be a reference to the Power or the gear-- double hmmmmm. I do have a pet with Charming Gaze 3, maybe that is worth a shot. I did have a 630 pedigree Budgie in battle with me, that had Charming Gaze 2, but it never kicked in and the Nefarious 5 focused fire on it with multiple attacks and enjoyed some crispy wings relatively easy. Maybe there is another way for a Buccaneer to acquire Charm, but I don't know of any pre-update. Can members of the Nefarious 5 be charmed? Maybe I'm on the wrong trail. Ok, so Mr. Trelawny, I need my shovel back since I am done buying Grizzly packs......I got some digging to do.

Or possibly your clue is a reference to the Charm gear slot. Could Bishop possibly help? Or another piece of gear I am not yet aware of. Hmmm, why is it that so many of your posts leave me both extremely Christmas-like excited and also with a headache......and sometimes so confused?

Or maybe I should just use my o'natural piratical charm on that Nefarious bunch. Well, thanks for the reply and for the tip!

No no no, I just meant that you'll go in the third time, rock your way up to the Nefarious Five, then get charmed and fail.

But I'm rooting for you!

Would Purge Magic remove Charm?

anecorbie on Sep 9, 2014 wrote:

Would Purge Magic remove Charm?

That was my thinking, but I think I meant Dispel Magic from Bishop's Technomage Glasses (accessory), instead of the Purge Magic from the Sprocket Key-- the non-hint that I thought Charm was, threw me off track and led to the Charm gear slot.

ValkoorTheVictorio... on Sep 9, 2014 wrote:

Oh, I forgot to thank you for the encouragement and for the telling me that I will fail miserably-I actually don't expect to ever beat them solo, just merely to learn from them, so I can be a true asset when I go in with a group of pirates.

And also, I meant to ask you a question in regards to the Privy's Charming ways or any other pirate out there with knowledge about the subject. I have fought that battle against the Nefarious 5 only 3 times, all solo and in same Tower attempt, so far and have not been charmed yet. And I didn't get a chance to see it in action in Test. So my question(s) are as follows:

If you are solo and say your companion is already taking a nap at a certain Mitch that performs Miracles-- if you get charmed will you basically just have to wait out the charm with none of the enemies attacking you? As noted, I have not witnessed the charm and don't know if it acts like the normal Charm or if the other members of the Nefarious 5 still recognize you as an enemy, being that they are more dastardly and all. If charmed solo and with no companion left, will you just basically wait out the Charm, with no one attacking you?

Also, I am quite sure some have tried and that they can't, but has anyone seen if any members of the Nef 5 can be Charmed as well? I would suspect that Moo has too Nefarious of a hold on them to allow something like that.

I'll soon be up for group runs at the tower, time permitting, but I am still in investigative mode, since I missed out on it in Test.

Plus, I'm just waiting for a nice chunk of time to slap me in the head and say, "Hey Valkoor, you're free for about the next 2-3 hours-- whatta ya say....Towah time?"

Valkoor, my WD tried Charming that Privy, and ended up charmed myself; so I'd "Nope, uh uh, ain't gonna happen."