Cooperative Merit Rewards

Overview

Issue 13 introduced Merit Rewards, which included a reworking of the reward system to obtain Invention Recipes from Task Forces, Trials, and Story Arcs.

Task Forces give an average of 1 merit every 5 minutes of average time (12 merits an hour), Trials give an average of 1 merit every 4.5 minutes (13-14 merits an hour), and Story Arcs give an average of 1 merit every 12.5 minutes (4-5 merits an hour). The reason for this major difference is due to the considerable time and effort Task/Strike Forces can take to set up and complete, so naturally these tasks grant a much greater reward.

For the following summaries, there are various options that an activity can involve, as follows:

• Door Missions: An instanced mission that only teammates can enter.
  • Defeat All: Requires defeating all enemies in the instance.
• Talks: Deliver information or items to or obtain information or items from an NPC other than the contact.
  • In a regular Story Arc, only the mission holder may complete the talk mission.
  • In a Task Force, Strike Force, or Trial, anyone on the team may complete the talk mission, not just the mission holder.
• Hunts: Defeat enemy critters, sometimes restricted to a particular zone.
  • Ambushes of the required enemy faction often accompany hunt missions.
• Patrols: Explore a zone by "calling in" at (clicking on) specific items, including pay phones and other items.
• Contains tough enemy critters:
  • EB: Contains an Elite Boss, which does not upgrade into an Archvillain/Hero, even when Notoriety and team size is high enough.
  • AV: Contains an Archvillain/Hero, which may or may not downgrade into an Elite Boss, depending on Notoriety and team size.
    • AVs in most Task Forces, Strike Forces, and Trials do not downgrade.
    • Ouroboros Task Forces and Strike Forces are Story Arcs that utilize the TF function, thus AVs/etc. will downgrade like in a Story Arc.
  • Monster: Contains a Monster, whose defeat is usually required to advance the story.
  • GM: Contains a Giant Monster, whose defeat is usually not required to advance the story.

Cooperative Task Forces

Additional Task/Strike Forces: Hero Merit Rewards, Villain Merit Rewards

Arc Name	Contact	Merits	Enemies	EB/AV	Summary/Notes
Time's Arrow	Imperious	00026 26 Reward Merits	Cimeroran Traitors 5th Column Nictus	Minotaur Cyclops Requiem Romulus Augustus x5 Nictus Essence x3	4 Door Missions. You will face multiple Cyclops, Minotaur and assorted Elite Boss Cimeoran Traitor Generals.
Lady Grey Task Force	Lady Grey	00037 37 Reward Merits	Psychic Clockwork Rikti Devouring Earth	The Clockwork King War: Rider x4 Famine: Rider x3 Pestilence: Rider x2 Death: Rider Dra'Gon Weakened Hamidon Lord of War: Hro'Dtohz The Honoree	5 Door Missions

Rikti War Zone Story Arcs

Arc Name	Contact	Merits	Enemies	EB/AV	Summary/Notes
Welcome to the Vanguard	Levantera	00009 9 Reward Merits	Rikti Nemesis		5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 6 Talks
The Strange Case of Benjamin A Decker	Levantera	00003 3 Reward Merits	Rikti		3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Dreams of Peace and Acts of War	Serpent Drummer	00009 9 Reward Merits	Rikti	Lord of War: Hro'Dtohz	7 Door Missions, 2 Talks
The Red and the Black	Gaussian	00014 14 Reward Merits	Vanguard Longbow Rikti		6 Door Missions
The Horror of War	The Dark Watcher	00018 18 Reward Merits	Rikti Arachnos Nemesis	Lord of War: Hro'Dtohz Manticore Automaton Positron Automaton Silver Mantis Nemesis	6 Door Missions

See Also

• Merit Rewards
• Hero Merit Rewards
• Villain Merit Rewards
• Miscellaneous Merit Rewards