I have not figured out how it works yet. You can, for example, ask your friend, a friend, to make an assessment? And so we will raise each other's ratings?
This is already happening. Look at OP's post. Does it really deserve a merit point for that post? Give me a break. Meanwhile I've gotten 0 merit posts and a ton of other good posts that I've seen also got 0 merit posts. People are already gaming the system, selling accounts with merit points to rank other alts, giving merit points to their own alts... the list goes on.
It's a good idea, I just doubt in it's execution it will have a positive impact. It just establishes another market, the posting quality overall is the same as always from what I can see.
Exactly. Nothing change. Very difficult to change own levels but this is all changes as I see now. And under conditions when nobody know (almost nobody) who sources it's becomes only for hope or success to get some merits. Sadly but fact!