I will add in again Rikti origin enhancements (RO’s) when similar posts on what to use Vanguard Merits for.
In short, these are enhancements that are similar to the sHO's in the game as to bonuses, although there could be a few unique ones that may be different from the HO/sHO set up.
The story reason for their existence is from the LGTF when the Rikti were attacking the Hamidon (sorry spoiler). Part of their plan was to match the enhancements that the new heroes and villains were acquiring elsewhere – HO’s and sHO’s. Therefore, the Rikti were able to get some data from the Hamidon to their scientists before being defeated in the mission. They applied what they learned to their technology to help them combat the combined forces of the Vanguard, heroes, and villains.
From posts long ago, the RO’s would use double or triple enhancement numbers in the game. It would be a new source of “HO’s” for players to obtain outside of a raid, STF, or LRSF since they could run missions as solo/teams and earn Vanguard merits. The pricing would need to be tweaked, but 2000 to 3000 merits seemed reasonable based on the number of merits you could get on a raid compared to the number of missions in the STF/LRSF.
Anyhow, I did PM a dev on this idea (with greater details) earlier this year and crossing fingers. 
I like all of these ideas, but I cannot agree with them unless they're in tandem with a boost to merit drops and/or a more reliable way of earning them for casual players. Not everyone ship raids.
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Originally Posted by TsumijuZero
wheras someone having got the Vanguard badge will constantly earn merits in any Rikti activity so makes sense to have something to spend them on once the current cossie pieces are all bought!
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I'd be happy if they unlocked the FULL set of Vanguard costume pieces. There's the belt with thigh guard option and a rather nice back detail that we should have since the costume set was supposed to be designed with players in mind and we missed out on these two in particular. The Drill Instructor keep flaunting her thigh guards every time I train up at her and the only person I had them on was my test hero US-side.|
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Now as most are probably aware, my mains have a serious grudge (ok scrapperlock) fascincation with the Rikti and as such even after buying one of everything with my Vanguard Merits, I have over 7000 (I was going to wait for 9000 but then the thread would descend into Vegeta quotes) Merits remaining:
What to do with all these Merits you might ask... How about:
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A Vanguard table base detail might be nice so you don't have to visit the War Zone to grab a heavy.
While I might not have as many; more use for these merits would be nice or perhaps letting us trade them at least.
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Now as most are probably aware, my mains have a serious grudge (ok scrapperlock) fascincation with the Rikti and as such even after buying one of everything with my Vanguard Merits, I have over 7000 (I was going to wait for 9000 but then the thread would descend into Vegeta quotes) Merits remaining:
What to do with all these Merits you might ask...
How about:
Would be good to have more ways to spend unused merits, AE tickets can be skipped by merely not using AE, wheras someone having got the Vanguard badge will constantly earn merits in any Rikti activity so makes sense to have something to spend them on once the current cossie pieces are all bought!
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