I would send in a /petition to Support on that issue.
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
I was under the impression that the 60 month vet reward didn't need to be claimed - it's not a power or anything. Once you get the badge, you have early access to the power pools.
That said, there have been issues with vet rewards and similar account-based stuff lately; folks earning vet badges they shouldn't qualify for yet, that sorta thing, so there may be a bug somewhere.
I mean...the phantom merits sounds really weird.
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I was under the impression that the 60 month vet reward didn't need to be claimed - it's not a power or anything. Once you get the badge, you have early access to the power pools.
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That is how it works. I had to respec my older toons but the extra power slot is nice.
Once you have the badge, when you reach level 6, those powers will be avialable from those pools. At least, that is how it works for me. I don't have to click on anything in the Vet Rewards list to get these powers.
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I just recieved the 60 month vet reward(city travler badge). It says you are able to choose a power from the travel pools available(flight,sj,ss,teleportation)from level 6, but so far I have not been able to choose one. Instead it gives me 5 reward merits. I was wondering why this is? There's not even a button to click in the bottom right hand corner to collect the reward.
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Ok, I think you may be confused as to how this one works.
There's nothing to claim. From now on, when respeccing or making a new character, you don't have to take a pre-requisite to take a travel power. It's not an extra free power. Are you saying that on your level 6 characters you cannot pick a travel power?
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I mean...the phantom merits sounds really weird.
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Well, they're not really "phantom merits." I got them on the first new toon I made since I got the badge -- no idea if they apply to already existing toons, though. But as soon as I logged in, and got through the barrage of "Badge Earned!" messages, "Merit Reward!" popped up, too.
From paragonwiki:
60 Month Reward
* City Traveler Badge
* Unlocks access to the following Power Pools at level 6, so players can access Tier 1, 2, or 3 powers early on.
o Flight
o Speed
o Teleport
o Leaping
* 1 Free Character Slot Per account.
* 5 Free Merit Rewards
And yes, that toon hit level 6 and I got to jump right to my travel power. No "take one of these prerequisites before 14," just "go directly to travel power at level 6." Kind of fun, and made me wonder if I wanted to go chase after a Raptor Pack.
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30 level 50's: 12 scrappers, 7 other random melee types, 11 blaster/blapper/support squishies, two accounts, and a TON of altitis since 4/28/04
I wish it were for all the pool powers though. These pre reqs are useful, some of the others arent.
I just recieved the 60 month vet reward(city travler badge). It says you are able to choose a power from the travel pools available(flight,sj,ss,teleportation)from level 6, but so far I have not been able to choose one. Instead it gives me 5 reward merits. I was wondering why this is? There's not even a button to click in the bottom right hand corner to collect the reward.