Guild Wars 2

The guild I’m in and an officer in has maxed guild merits and finding no really productive way to use our max 250 merits. While we currently can speed up the queue using influence, I’d find it much more useful to spend our merits on speeding items using merits as well. Suppose, 25 or so merits to move up an item in the queue 33% or 25%.

The main problem I see is the lack of use of merits in buying items from the guild upgrades after all missions are unlocked. I’d like merits to actually be worth something besides 20 merits = reduced wp/repair fees. The queue for those are way too long for a waste of influence and merits.

Other suggestions I’ve seen to solve this problem are to be able to convert merits into influence. I believe this can also solve the problem of excess/max guild merits, while promoting people to run guild missions for merits, instead of personal commendations (which my guild does).

You can convert merits into influence.
There is an item in the Guild Merit Store.

OP is talking about merits, not guild recommandation, guild merit is next to guild influence (the blue ribbon). It is used along with influence to “craft” some guild amelioration.
( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Merit )

I agree with OP, we need to use them for something ! Guild housing !!!!!!!!

Sorry, my fault.
I’m a baddy.
#Worst Elementalist NA.