When you (account) transfer a character, the merit mastery stays in the originating account and doesn't go with the character. yes, it's been that way for the past years. It's a design flaw because merit points and merit (tree) mastery is a character thing (read: uniquely achieved by THE character alone). So why it sticks with the account and not with the character is the flaw I'm referring. And it should not be that way. hence, the question, IF they the game dev would ever fix it...hope that's clear now.