[Feedback] Thank You Blizzard for the MASTERPIECE That Is the Darkfuse Rep Grind

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Hey there Blizzard Devs,

Just wanted to drop in and give you a standing ovation :clap: for what is clearly the most thrilling, soul-enriching, edge-of-my-seat gameplay loop I’ve ever experienced: the Darkfuse Solutions rep grind.

I mean, wow. Where do I even begin?

Spending hours digging through literal garbage like a raccoon with a Master’s degree in Scrapology? Yes please. It’s not just content, it’s commentary.

Forming 2x4 groups and farming hyperspawning goblins until my eyes glaze over and I start seeing Market Research IRL? Never been happier.

Turning in 84 identical boxes for 500 rep each, praying to the RNG gods for that sweet, sweet exalted bar to move? Honestly, it’s what I live for. Who needs variety, pacing or gameplay loops when you can just grind one activity for 9 hours?

And don’t even get me started on the Prototype Auto Advertiser. A consumable that makes enemies hit harder and boosts your drop rate? Amazing design. Risk vs reward? More like rage vs regret. 10/10.

Seriously, nothing says “immersive gameplay” like vacuuming up trash piles and converting your Market Research into bureaucratic approval from a shady underground company. If this isn’t peak fantasy MMO, I don’t know what is.

Oh, and the best part? All of this for the glorious reward of a robot crab mount. Totally worth it. My time is meaningless anyway.

So thank you, Blizzard. Thank you for reminding us that when it comes to rep grinds, the only limit is how dead inside we’re willing to feel. Can’t wait to see what exhilarating gameplay you’ve got planned next. Maybe 1500 world quests for a transmog sock?

Yours in sarcasm and Market Research™,
A totally satisfied, definitely not slowly losing it player.

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Opened this thread hoping the title was sarcasm.

I was not disappointed for once.

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Gotta love how they design systems to farm player sunk cost fallacy like a freemium mobile game.

Only thing it’s missing is a “buy exalted rep in the wow store”, but I’m guessing they’ll be more subtle like buying a wow token to pay off someone to craft an item that gives you rep, as the next logical step.

They already did this with gear via giving players an official blizzard myth track loot funnel if they buy a one time mythic raid boost to unlock dinar usage.

Seeing these posts makes me glad I haven’t done any current content at all for season 2. As soon as 11.0.7 I dipped out and let my time run out. Only back with farming the auction house and old raids I can hold W in to ADHD farm, since it’s always a mistake to play current content.

I have not zoned into undermine once, and seeing these posts tells me it was the right move to hold off undermine content until it’s legacy.

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Well… people do ask for continuous grinds for rep. So they added one.

Is it one I’ll participate in? Nnnnnnnope.

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You can literally just not do it

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Which is exactly what I’m doing.

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Same.

I literally haven’t engaged with any current content since 11.0.7 dropped. Garbage systems design using mobile game psychological ploys rather than having a fun and meaningful progressive experience that feels fair and good.

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I grinded the coat.

Save your sanity, wait until they add the inevitable 500% rep increase for legacy content.

lmao.

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Darn, I have a new face slap quip loaded and ready to go. I was hoping this was the thread for it, but sadly not.

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Hmm. I completely forgot about that one. I think I have about 3000 of those things just sitting in the currency tab.

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The devs have learned nothing from Shadowlands, only that they need to fake an apology tour and go right back to doing the exact same thing, while acting like they’ve learned anything or willing to do better.

Undermine got Korthia’d.

:dracthyr_comfy_blue:

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I mean, you could just use it anyway.

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I beg to differ. You just described my dream job down to a tea.

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I felt a great disturbance on my face, as if millions of hands suddenly reached out in unison and were suddenly slapping it.

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Leave it to the usual people who white knight Blizzard to try to blame the players for the company’s doings.

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One hour a day for 8 to 9 days. If that makes your eyes glaze, maybe mmo’s just aren’t for you?

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People request old style rep grinds

Blizzard adds entirely optional rep grind with minimal rewards

Players REEEE HOW DARE THEY DO THIS DONT DEFEND THEM REEE

Grow up

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Don’t do it, then. It’s an optional grind. Or take your time with it and space it out if you’re bored.

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The black coat was enough of a motivation to get it.

But you only wanna open the boxes during Darkmoon for the extra rep, also, for whatever reason, opening the boxes while inside the Sidestreet delve gives more rep as well.

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How dare they speak against the mobile game design that trolls people into engagement instead of content standing up on its own!

Also I didn’t see anyone request this. So not only are you react bait trolling, you are gaslighting as well. Don’t you have anything better to do?

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