The Winds of Progress
The The G.O.L.E.M. of Progress is a patch 11.1 local story questline in which an inventor seeks to improve life in the Undermine and while the full quest awards the G.O.L.E.M, Jr. toy, Darkfuse enthusiasts are more concerned with the first step, repeatedly respawning Darkfuse Bully to farm Market Research. The downside of this method is that you may have already completed the quest with no way to repeat it again, though alts can be used just as well, since Research was made warbound transferrable in Patch 11.1.
The instigator spawns bullies, which can be repeatedly killed within a raid group, without advancing the quest.
This final week before Midnight early access begins is also an excellent time to take advantage of this farm, as the Winds of Mysterious Fortune event grants even more bonus reputation with each turn-in until February 24th. So, get a couple friends together and check out the simple step-by-step process below.
This quest can be used to farm Darkfuse Solutions rep faster than farming trash piles, assuming you have an effective (non-AFK) group.
After accepting the quest, there is a Darkfuse Instigator NPC you can talk to at /way 28.25, 64.18.
When you click his dialog option, a set of three hostile Darkfuse Bully spawn instantly. They can drop Market Research.
If you are in a raid group, you will be able to spawn a new set the moment the last of the three dies.
How to perform the rep farm most efficiently:
Prepare with some Experimental Goblin-FUEL Supplement and Prototype Auto-Advertiser in order to increase your Market Research drop rate.
Get a group of 5 people, convert to raid.
One person with the quest will be the clicker - they must prioritize clicking the dialog option ASAP when the last bully dies. Here is an addon to auto-select the gossip option as soon as you interact with the Instigator. So if the clicker has this addon, they need only spam right-click the instigator, or spam their interact key.
The other 4 people will be the killers - they must prioritize killing the three Darkfuse Bully ASAP so that the clicker can summon more mobs sooner.
More people having the quest doesn't help; you can only have one set of 3 bullies up at a time, so it is all about the kill speed and gossip click delay.
