I wonder if it would be possible to just make things purchased with reward merits account bound? Would that solve the farmer problem and allow non-farmers to still get more use out of our veteran levels? I play my main almost exclusively, and I was really surprised when I saw the conversion to merit rewards was gone.. I read from one of the other posters that we could still buy super inspirations and sell those, but does that actually make it worth continuing to level a single character? I already have all of the incarnate powers where I want them, so threads and incarnate materials aren't useful to me any more, and I really loved that I could play any content I liked and still be progressing my character in some way.
I'll still continue to play my main rather than alts, because I never get tired of that character, and I have other things like badge hunting and stuff that I can do, but this change is super disappointing and it makes veteran levels feel kinda pointless after one has their incarnate powers how they like them. I do hope they are still considering alternatives. 😔