Ok. I'm usually a patient person but really, how long will Merle keep popping up to say "something urgent has come up" or "something has arrived for you" or whatever else he may say that gets you into his office only to find there is no mission? This has been a problem for too long and in my opinion makes those people at K.I. look somewhat inept (which I know they're really not) for not having fixed this sooner. Why can't that be fixed?
I've been playing for almost a year and a half and that issue has been around as long as I have been playing. I love this game but it seems to me that some issues and problems go on too long unfixed. Thanks for listening K.I.
Of course it's a known bug. KI acknowledged that a long time ago. That's what makes it frustrating. They've known about it for a long time but for some reason can't or won't fix it.