First, I have the Member of Vanguard badge, I haven't completed the joining vanguard arc yet, but I did complete the first mission and get the badge.
So what I'm wondering is are the rikti zone events supposed to give you merits for defeat? Everywhere I read it says that yes, these events count and can net you merits. Yet I participated in one yesterday, start to finish, with a 6 man team, and go no merits. We were right in the fray of it and I was laying multiple debuffs on the entire group while the rest of the team killed them, I even saw my pet take one from full to no health solo, but I netted 0 merits. Is that unusual, just plain unlucky, or weird? Thanks!