Market Research warband transferrable patch 11.1: Darkfuse Solution
Patch 11.1 hotfix in The War Within brings a major Darkfuse Solutions change, making Market Research Warband Transferrable for easier reputation grinding.
Key takeaways:
- Market Research is now Warband transferrable: Players can consolidate their currency across characters, making reputation grinding with Darkfuse Solutions more efficient.
- Positive community response, but more changes requested: While players appreciate this quality-of-life improvement, many are asking for Undercoins to be made Warband-wide as well.
- The grind is still tough: Despite the change, players are calling for additional ways to acquire Market Research to ease the farming process.
Blizzard has introduced a significant quality-of-life change in Patch 11.1, making the Market Research currency Warband Transferrable. This update removes a major frustration for players grinding reputation with the Darkfuse Solutions cartel in The War Within patch 11.1.
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Darkfuse reputation grind
Market Research is a currency used to gain reputation with the Darkfuse Solutions cartel in The War Within. Players earn it by completing activities around Undermine, which was previously character-bound but is now Warband Transferrable in Patch 11.1. This often led to inefficient grinding and wasted progress across multiple alts for people having 2 or more active characters. With the new change, players can now freely transfer their Market Research currency across their Warband, making reputation gains with the Darkfuse Solutions cartel significantly smoother.
Darkfuse Solutions, a faction tied to the Liberation of Undermine raid, involves a fair bit of grinding, but now players can at least consolidate their Market Research on a single character. Interestingly, this change wasn’t documented in Blizzard’s latest hotfixes news.
Community reactions
Players have largely responded positively to the Darkfuse rep change, noting that it makes reputation progression far more manageable, just like Warbound Shadowlands rep in patch 11.1.5. Many have expressed relief at being able to consolidate their research and avoid redundant grinding on multiple characters. Some have even mentioned that this adjustment has saved them hours of unnecessary farming for Darkfuse Lowdown Coat and Darkfuse Demolisher mount.
However, there are still calls for Blizzard to extend this change to other currencies, such as Undercoins, which remain locked to individual characters. Some players have stated that the lack of Warband-wide Undercoin transfers has diminished their motivation to engage with Delves on alternate characters.
Additionally, there are suggestions that Blizzard should further ease the grind by introducing ways to acquire Market Research through alternative means, such as purchasing it with surplus items.
A step in the right direction
While this update does not eliminate the grind entirely, it represents a step forward in improving the reputation system with some difficult factions in Patch 11.1. By allowing players to transfer Market Research within their Warband, Blizzard has acknowledged player concerns and made the experience more alt-friendly. Still feeling too inconvenient to farm Darkfuse Solution rep? You can always consider rep boosts WoW to speed up process, and get the Darkfuse Demolisher mount.
As feedback continues to roll in, it remains to be seen whether further adjustments will be made to other currencies in future updates.
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