Eee aye, eee aye, Ho!
Clarification, there are rewards and items that require you to have received “the highest reward the Legion of Merrik has to offer,” and so when a higher reward was updated into the game that meant the Mark of Merrik no longer counted in those situations. Isn’t it annoying when you work towards something only to have the rules/effects changed by updates before you finish getting it?
“Pretty much useless,” but not COMPLETELY useless, damn, you won’t see WHY she wanted it till January 2015 when it finally comes to fruition.