Going to echo what a lot have already said, not sure why this change is taking place. you are taking away an option for the entire player base in order to add an incentive for incarnate trials? Seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water. If the idea is to discourage AE farming then I also think it will miss the mark, if I can't use empyrean merits to get catalyst or converters then I'm going to need to farm more in order to be able to purchase those items from other players. Just kind of at a loss overall.