I was under the impression duplicates of epic or higher merged to lower seconds on your monsters. I have received a few duplicates already and that functioned fine. I did the starter mission containing the monster I began the game with and it did not merge, I now have two?
There’s a reason for that.
the reason is that there are a few monsters that require all the starter monsters, i will not name who just to keep the surprise, but it is not a bug.
So the starters cant merge? Or do I just get it to final form that many times? I’ve seen which takes them, just didn’t know the process consumed them.
Just keep playing and you’ll find out.
don’t worry though, if you have one starter that is +1 up until +9 and another of the same species that is +0 (not potted), then it will consume the +0. your stronger one will be safe.