Working as intended.
The first time you do a signature arc, you get a reward table, but after that, only one signature arc per week will allow you to take the same reward. So you can take a new character through arcs 1-4, then repeat one, and end up with 5 A-Merits in relatively short order. But after that, you can never do that again on the same character, so it balances out a bit.
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You only get the A-merit the first time you run each arc.|
Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
I just got one each for running the who will die arcs. That's 4 a merits in a row in under 2 hurs. Now I happen to be saving up for bigger fish but isnt that 2 Lott 7.5s in under. 2 hours per character?
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After that, you can get 1 A-merit a week for running ANY one of the chapters. But only one a week.
So, after the initial surge of "I got one A-merit for each arc, yay!" then you are time-gated to one a week.
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Not to mention the requirement of having to reaffirm your morality.
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Indeed, the fact that you have to run 22 additional missions first also sort of offsets it (though it does leave you with 6 A-Merits when all is said and done, and that's not a bad haul).
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Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
Not to mention the requirement of having to reaffirm your morality.
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Go run SSA1 again. 8 minutes of work, you get another a-merit.|
Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
I just got one each for running the who will die arcs. That's 4 a merits in a row in under 2 hurs. Now I happen to be saving up for bigger fish but isnt that 2 Lott 7.5s in under. 2 hours per character?
That's a lot of loot to make in a short time. Was this a bug or is this how they are normally bonusing |
Run it again for 20 regular merits if you like.
Then you can do both of those things again after a week has passed.
It IS a lot of merits quickly the first time through, but your character has to have confirmed alignment first as noted. Still well worth doing on a few characters at least.
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It was at 1st. When the SSA's came out, you could run one and grab and A-merit, run the same one right afterwards and claim a 2nd one!|
Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
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Needless to say, I stocked up on LoTG's for a few weeks, crafted a few and sold the rest for a bankroll.
As you'd expect, I wasn't the only one doing this and, with the addition of the LoTG in the store, the price in WW for +7.5's has dropped recently.
Use to be a steady 150 million.
Now the price is from 50-100 million.
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It's only 11 missions if you aren't changing your alignment at all. And if you are, it's 33 missions. 1 set to go to Rogue/Vigilante, 1 set to go to Hero/Villain, 1 set to re-affirm. Otherwise, just 11.
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Originally Posted by Lazarillo
Indeed, the fact that you have to run 22 additional missions first also sort of offsets it (though it does leave you with 6 A-Merits when all is said and done, and that's not a bad haul).
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I say that we should get 1 A-Merit per arc per week.
They are individual arcs altogether, keep the once a week limit but only limit the times you can run the arc instead of the while volume.
You still will get 28 a month plus the 3 Tip mission related A-Merits...thats 40 A-Merits a month that can get you a PVP IO or Purple IO and you still have to do that over a 5 to 6 month period to get a full set of 1 purple set or 1 PVP set.
Limiting us to only 1 Merit a week from any arc once is just too limiting and doesnt help anyone much. I'll just do the mission and move on this way.
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Assuming you only do this with one alt at a time. Do it with six of them, have each pick up a different IO from the set, mail them to yourself, and you can have a full set in a month.|
Originally Posted by Shadow Wail
I say that we should get 1 A-Merit per arc per week.
You still will get 28 a month plus the 3 Tip mission related A-Merits...thats 40 A-Merits a month that can get you a PVP IO or Purple IO and you still have to do that over a 5 to 6 month period to get a full set of 1 purple set or 1 PVP set. |
Two full sets if you have twelve alts who can earn A-merits.
I have close to thirty of them.
(You're also assuming only four arcs. We know the current SSA series will have seven parts altogether. There will be more after that.)
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As I understand it, to get A-Merits from the SSAs, you have to re-affirm at least once. Basically, until you get an A-Merit from tips, you can't get any from SSAs. Is that mistaken?
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Originally Posted by Agent White
It's only 11 missions if you aren't changing your alignment at all. And if you are, it's 33 missions. 1 set to go to Rogue/Vigilante, 1 set to go to Hero/Villain, 1 set to re-affirm. Otherwise, just 11.
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Yes. You have to confirm you're a hero/villain. If you're currently a hero, that means doing 11 missions (10 tips, 1 morality). If you're currently a vig/rogue, that means doing 22 missions (10 tips, 1 morality to become a hero/villain, 10 tips, 1 morality to confirm hero/villain). The first requires two days, the second requires four.
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Ah, okay, I didn't think the first time counted as "confirming", even if you didn't change alignments. My mistake, then.
I just got one each for running the who will die arcs. That's 4 a merits in a row in under 2 hurs. Now I happen to be saving up for bigger fish but isnt that 2 Lott 7.5s in under. 2 hours per character?
That's a lot of loot to make in a short time. Was this a bug or is this how they are normally bonusing