Hero Merit Problem in the Signature Story Arc

I have contacted tech support about this but the reply was ZERO help. That was surprising, since they have always been very helpful in the past! I am posting this here to see if any of you have experienced this problem.

I have played the Sig Story Arc many times with no difficulty getting the hero merit on each character. Recently I tried it with a vigilante character & discovered I could NOT get the hero merit if I wasn't a hero. "Oh well", I thought, "I'll just become a hero & do it again. Almost 2 weeks later (12 days), having completed my hero morality mission, I tried it again. This time, I got the message (paraphrasing) "You must have completed your most recent Morality mission as a hero to obtain this reward". Since I had just done that, this response was rather frustrating! To further compound the problem, the NEXT character I ran the mission with (a few days later) got the same message at the end! This character was CREATED as a hero & was level 17 so he had NEVER RECEIVED A TIP or Morality Mission!!!

The email from Tech Support basically said "That's how it's supposed to be", even though I have done it with numerous characters (across my three accounts) thst were heroes & most every level from 17 to 50!

Anyone else noticed an issue with this?

this was an intended change

smart change? no definitely not, but its what we have to deal with now

Did this on one of my villains last night and got the equivalent message as in your second example. It seemed pretty clear to me. I hadn't done a morality mish on that toon so didn't qualify. Not sure it could have been worded any clearer.

Your first example of having just dome a Hero morality mish I would agree is not clear from that message. From the patch notes posted this looks as WAI however I'd consider the message to be a bug and needs to state you must be reinforced as a Hero/Villain. The current wording implies you should qualify.

The first time you reinforce your morality you receive 50 merits not an a-merit so I guess they are applying the same policy.

And some toons who had already reinforced their alignment, especially after having changed it, are reset to no reinforcement at all. This means running the Morality Mission twice: first time for 50 Merits, then again for the Alignment Merit; *then* you'll be able to run the SSA for the Alignment Merit.

The replys that you guys have posted here were QUITE a bit more clear that what I received from Tech Support. I'm not too pleased with being FORCED to run the Tip missions before being able to run the SSA & getting the Alignment Merit. If this is the case, a Rogue merit of some sort needs to be available in-game. I was only slightly annoyed about the fact that I had to make my vigilante characters commit to red or blue side to get the Merit but the rest is much more annoying.

But, whataya gonna do? I guess I'll be running the tip missions until I can't stand it anymore....

Thanks for the info, at least I know now!