As with combat against players you will lose merit if you attack and kill allies.įortification and preparation of systems Most likely any ship aligned with one of the powers in its name that is not System Defence Force or allied with your overall faction. You will be looking for ships with names along the lines of Utopian Overseer, Federal Logistics, Imperial Agent, Federal Agent, Alliance Enforcer, Private Security, etc. In order to utilize this method you must go to an enemy faction's control system in the process of being undermined and either sit at the navigational beacon or interdict ships as they fly by you, which is more effective. Killing foreign diplomats and their cadre is a relatively effective method for earning merits. This will also have the added benefit of reducing the risk of getting mass targeted and killed. It is recommended that players who want to farm merit in combat zones fight in a wing to speed up the rate at which they get kills. It is important to note that players must pick a side under their functions tab in order to earn merit. Players can earn merit in any faction's combat zones by either helping allied forces or opposing the expansion of enemy factions. In order to earn Merits via combat, the player must travel to the expansion system, find the specific type of combat zone that is related to their pledged Power, and participate in combat there. Powers that expand through combat and their related combat zones are: For example if a player belonging to Zachary Hudsons power were to kill a player belonging to Felicia Winters power that player would lose merit because both factions belong to the Federation.Ĭombat in Expansion systems can only be done when a Power that expands through combat is expanding via one of a series of similar combat zones. However you will lose 10 merits for killing a player aligned with your faction or to one based in the same power type between the Empire, Federation, and Alliance. While in the past you could earn merits via PvP combat this is no longer the case.

Transportation of cargo for the fortification and preparation of systems.

Combat with non allied factions players.

While more may be released in the future the following are the methods to earn merit are known to work.

Players have several choices when it comes to obtaining merits. 5 Fortification and preparation of systems.

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