Villain 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 3 minutes of average time (20 merits an hour), Trials give an average of 1 merit every 2.5 minutes (24 merits an hour), and Story Arcs give an average of 1 merit every 7.5 minutes (8 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.
Strike Forces and Trials
- Additional Task/Strike Forces: Cooperative Merit Rewards
Flashback System
Soldier (Level 1 - 14)
Unless otherwise indicated characters malefactor to level 14 for these missions.
Malcontent (Level 16 - 19)
Arc Name | Contact | Merits | Enemies | EB/AV/Hero | Summary/Notes |
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Echo Down the Aeons | Marshal Brass | 9 Reward Merits | Professor Echo | 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat Alls) | |
The Aeon Conspiracy | Marshal Brass | 10 Reward Merits | 7 Door Missions | ||
High-Tech Gold | Golden Roller | 10 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All) | ||
Breakout at the Zig | Operative Wellman | 11 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All) | ||
Master of Destruction | Operative Wellman | 8 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All) | ||
There's a Sucker Born Every Minute | Willy Wheeler | 17 Reward Merits | Ace McKnight | 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, Includes badge mission for Paragon of Vice. | |
Oh Wretched Man! | Seer Marino | 8 Reward Merits | 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk |
Insider (Level 20 - 24)
Arc Name | Contact | Merits | Enemies | EB/AV/Hero | Summary/Notes |
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Iron Widow | Captain Petrovich | 6 Reward Merits | Spinnerette | 6 Door Missions | |
Kings of the Sky | Lt. Chalmers | 6 Reward Merits | Ballista-1 | 3 Door Missions | |
Operation Skyhook | Lt. Chalmers | 7 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions. The second mission gives you the Holographic Projector, Nictus Gravitic Emanation, Nictus Shadow Step and Nictus Absorption | ||
Coral Bonanza | Crash Cage | 5 Reward Merits | Silver Mantis | 3 Door Missions | |
Breaking the Cage | Crash Cage | 6 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions, 2 Talks | ||
Any Body Will Do | Vince Dubrowski | 3 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions | ||
Disturbing the Dead | Henri Dumont | 5 Reward Merits | 4 Door Missions, 2 Talks | ||
Carpe Diem | Lorenz Ansaldo | 5 Reward Merits | Sea Witch | 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt. Final mission grants Seaweed. | |
A Web of Intrigue | Operative Vargas | 11 Reward Merits | Leoknight | 6 Door Missions (2 Defeat Alls) |
Wiseguy (Level 25 - 29)
Arc Name | Contact | Merits | Enemies | EB/AV/Hero | Summary/Notes |
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Aurora Fades | Darla Mavis | 3 Reward Merits | Aurora Borealis | 3 Door Missions | |
Power Mine | Darla Mavis | 4 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions | ||
Sabotage! | Kristof Jaeger | 7 Reward Merits | 5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt | ||
Trust and Betrayal | Lt. Demitrovich | 7 Reward Merits | 6 Door Missions | ||
Zag Breakout! | Shadowy Figure | 7 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions, 1 Talk | ||
Forging the Blackwand | Archmage Tarixus | 11 Reward Merits | 5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt | ||
Die by the Freak! | Doc Buzzsaw | 7 Reward Merits | t3h S00p4rFr34k! | 7 Door Missions | |
Heavy Metal Doctoring | Doc Buzzsaw | 7 Reward Merits | 3 Door Missions | ||
The Cult of the Shaper | Diviner Maros | 8 Reward Merits | Metal Shift x2 Barracuda x2 Calystix |
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On the Trail of the Leviathan | Operative Kirkland | 5 Reward Merits | 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt |
Undesirable (Level 30 - 34)
Criminal (Level 35 - 39)
Captain (Level 40 - 44)
Made (Level 45 - 50)
Villain Badge Missions
- See also: CoV Accomplishment Badges
Soldier (Level 1 - 15)
- Steal the Facemaker's Reanimation Chemicals
- Steal the Outbreak Virus (level 15)
- Hurt the Traitorous Vendetti (level 10)
- The Loa Bone (level 10)
Malcontent (Level 16 - 19)
Insider (Level 20 - 24)
- Ashley McKnight's The Origin of Power (level 20)
Undesireable (Level 25 - 29)
- Retrieve Crash's Shipments (level 25)
- Bust Up the Dockworker's Strike (level 25)
Wiseguy (Level 30 - 34)
Criminal (Level 35 - 39)
- The Unlucky Artifact (level 35)
Captain (Level 40 - 45)
- Party Crasher
- Selestar
- Attack Longbow Portal Base (level 40)
- B4nKbUsTah (level 40)
Made (Level 46 - 50)
Events
Event missions are available from levels 1 to 50. Events are not available via Flashback.
Arc Name | Contact | Merits | Enemies | EB/AV/Hero | Summary/Notes |
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Unlock DJ Zero (Spring Event) | Scratch | 2 Reward Merits | 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All) | ||
Defeat Snaptooth (Spring Event) | DJ Zero | 0 Reward Merits | Snaptooth | 2 Door Missions | |
Rescue Baby New Year (Winter Event) | Father Time | 0 Reward Merits | Snaptooth | 1 Door Mission |