Merit Commendation Changes

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Since a release of Merits in January, the commendation system has been well received by all. Today, the devs are bringing a few changes to the table to make it more balanced. Here's the info:

Since Merit Commendations released in January we have been watching and reviewing progress that players have been making in obtaining them. Overall, we feel that we underestimated the impact that the unique kill restrictions placed on obtaining merits. The design goal was to have a progression of rewards that were obtainable by casual players, with difficult end ranks to obtain for the more hardcore.

To make the merit system better fit that goal, we have revised their progression to be lower to start, but with still relatively loft end numbers.

Additionally, we are revising merit award colors, in part based on community feedback, to make them more distinct and systematic. We plan to have these changes included in the build that will be going to the Public Test server on 3/10. For more details on play tests on this version, or how to connect to the Public Test server, take a look at the Test Server Feedback Forum

We are also adding a merit award for destroying BFR units, named the BFR Buster, with the following progression:

BFR Buster
Description: Kill X number of BFRs
BFR Buster I - 30 kills 1 streak
BFR Buster II - 60 kills 2 streak
BFR Buster III - 100 kills 2 streak
BFR Buster IV - 150 kills 2 streak
BFR Buster V - 225 kills 3 streak

We are also changing the Hand to Hand award, given for knife kills, to be a 5 step progression that is now:

Knife Combat
Description: Kill X number of enemies with knives
Knife Combat I - 100 kills 1 streak
Knife Combat II - 200 kills 2 streak
Knife Combat III - 400 kills 3 streak
Knife Combat IV - - 600 kills 4 streak
Knife Combat V - 1000 kills 5 streak

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