Question about Merits

[Gravitus]

Is there a cap to how many you can have at a time? I got 905 so far .

 

thx

[Gulbasaur]

The Live game had a limit on Vanguard Merits of 9999, if that's any guidance.

 

Merits can be turned into influence very easily (buy converters or boosters and put them on the auction house), which is usually better value than buying anything else with merits directly. If you hit, say, 999 and it stop ticking, go to a Merit Vendor and buy some goodies.

[Healix]

I remember that at one time, 15 Vanguard Merits would get you a Merit, but now it takes 30. Is there a good reason for the change?

[Lunchmoney]

44 minutes ago, Healix said:

I remember that at one time, 15 Vanguard Merits would get you a Merit, but now it takes 30. Is there a good reason for the change?

The obvious answer is: Nemesis. 

 

However, 

 

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[*]The conversion rate from Vanguard Merits to Reward Merits has been increased from 10:1 to 30:1. The intent of the conversion rate is for a Mothership raid to award between 30 and 50 Reward Merits, with Hamidon rewarding 80 Reward Merits as it requires a lot more setup and coordination. The initial ratio of 10:1 was set on a small server, and it is entirely too good for the kind of population that Homecoming supports.

 

[Six-Six]

The Vanguard had to find a way to pay off some debt arising from a bad contractor deal. Those Heavy's weren't cheap, slow, but not cheap.

 

[Ironblade]

5 hours ago, Gravitus said:

Is there a cap to how many you can have at a time? I got 905 so far .

 

thx

I would guess it's 9999.

I got above 8000 while the game was live so no need to worry with 905.

And, yes, I'm talking about Reward Merits.  I actually hit the Vanguard Merit cap at 9999.

[SlimPickens]

I can confirm its at least 4 digits, because i have several characters with over 1000.

[Mr. Vee]

It's 9999, or at least it was on live. Had a friend who made it his mission to cap them.

[Healix]

Thanks so much for the answer! I am ok with it now 🙂