Signature Arcs: Which rewards are time-gated?

Have you gotten more than 2 of the same reward on one character?

My understanding, perhaps flawed, was that you had the reward table for your 'first time' and then the reward table normally - gated once a week - after that. So you could earn two this week, and one in subsequent weeks.

If you are getting 3+ then I do not think it is WAI.

I haven't. But I haven't tried either. After getting two Alignment merits for 20 min. of play, I stopped, lest I be accused of exploiting.

Hmmm... will go test this now. Within reason. If we can get up to 2 in a week, I'll see if I can get 3 or more on the character I've already done it once with. Like EG's post implies, I thought that it was 1 per week per character no matter what. I didn't realize you get 1 for the first time doing any signature story and then it is gated starting the run AFTER that.

Any clear word on how this is intended to work once we have multiple signature arcs? Will it be one big rewards table reward per arc per week per character? Or one rewards table bonus per character per week, regardless of the diversity of arcs?

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Edit:

So just ran this arc another two times on a character who had already gotten 1 hero merit. I was able to get one more. Third time I ran it, there was red text below the hero merit option on the rewards table saying I can only choose that reward once every 7 days. Since this character can fairly effectively speed this arc, going to run it a few more times to see how it currently *is* working, regardless of whether that is WAI. I'm just systematically picking each successive reward until it won't let me anymore, sort of like doing holiday mishes for badges and powers.

To be clear, on this character, running it thrice I was only able to get 2 hero merits total.

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Edit 2: Rewards Log

Run 1

Rewards Blocked From Selection: None
Reward Selected: Hero Merit
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 1 Hero Merit

Run 2

Rewards Blocked From Selection: None
Reward Selected: Hero Merit
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 1 Hero Merit

Run 3

Rewards Blocked From Selection: Hero Merit
Reward Selected: 4x Reward Merits
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 20 Reward Merits

Run 4

Rewards Blocked From Selection: Hero Merit, 4x Reward Merits
Reward Selected: Reward Merits
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 5 Reward Merits

Run 5

Rewards Blocked From Selection: Hero Merit, 4x Reward Merits
(Basic Reward Merits was still available, but I chose the next one in interest of testing)
Reward Selected: Astral Merit
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 1 Astral Merit

Run 6

Rewards Blocked From Selection: Hero Merit, 4x Reward Merits, Astral Merit
(Basic Reward Merits was still available, but I chose the next one in interest of testing)
Reward Selected: 10 Incarnate Threads
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 10 Incarnate Threads

Run 7

Rewards Blocked From Selection: Hero Merit, 4x Reward Merits, Astral Merit, Incarnate Threads
Reward Selected: Reward Merits
Rewards Received:

• 2 Reward Merits
• 5 Reward Merits

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Final Edit:

So, it appears that the system is WAI. But just not how I expected it to from the initial announcement. ALL rewards are available for the first time you do the mission. No selection counts towards your weekly limit. Then thereafter, you can claim each and every reward on the table once every 7 days with the 5 merits being the one repeatable reward.

The other thing that threw me, I expected the 4x Reward Merits to simply award 4x the base reward merits you receive for the arc itself: 2. When I got 20 for that selection, I thought I might have found a bug. But nope. It's 4x the 5 merits which is the repeatable reward.

Villain players do not appear to have been receiving the 2 merit end-of-arc reward. After petitioning about the lost redside merits (and rounds of back-and-forth emails), I've just been informed by Support that it's not that the v-side reward merits are missing, it's that the hero SSA should never have been awarding them in the first place.

So while the lack of reward parity between sides is not by design, only the devs can do something about it - whether that means adding the reward redside or removing it blueside.

Looks like it's bugged. If you exit the mission right away before the Freedom Phalanx arrives, you don't have the 2 Reward Merits. BUT, if you stay in the mission till the timer reaches 0:00, you are awarded the 2 Reward Merits as the Reward Table pops up. Freedom Phalanx always spawn at the same spot in front of the Obelisk, so its easy to go elsewhereon the map while waiting for the timer to reaches 0.

I had assumed that was the case, but Support is telling me that we're not actually supposed to be getting the 2 merits on either side. It certainly wouldn't surprise me to find out that they're wrong again, though.

The 2 merits isn't part of the bonus reward table, though. It's the end-of-arc reward, which does not appear to be gated, simply bugged.