One uncool thing after DRK got added to Bitfinex - Traders have been selling DRK on BTC dumps, trying to tie/attach it to BTC price ala LTC. I don't think it was the relentless cloak trolling necessarily.
Told you setting up your own p2p node was the way forward

I'm using an existing node at the moment whilst I research how to do it myself.
I've asked a few people to build me one but not having much joy, so I'm gonna try to do it myself...
I can help, if you are on IRC.