I have been through the pirates several times. They're sooooo fun !!! I had no sweet clue there were pirate NM's though LMAO ! Besiege was a blast to watch ... i was on my 52 rdm and they were checking as IT to me so i just chilled with Sneak and Invis on me ... holy crap when they wore though . I had almost all unclaimed mobs trying to eat my cute lil taur . O but for my story ... i was doing the bst quest i think it was in Jeuno where you run to Qufim Island and get the plant from under the cracken thingie ... i slept it and did what i needed to do and was on my way back to jeuno ... i had no idea it was still gonna come after me after the cut-scene ... needles to say i had spent almost all my life and magic trying to kill it and just decieded to elemental seal and sleep it . well it did come after me and before i knew it i had a whole train of wights, crabs, and rangers all following in pursuit . the funniest part is none of them killed me until i made it to the zone outa qufim ... i was wondering why all these ppl kept checkin me and getting outa my way lol ...