150 additional merits to go from full member to senior member seems excessive and unfair frankly to those of us that were almost there. It will take years to reach that.
How cute...I am a potential Legendary member (only missing the post count) and I got only 500 Merit instead of 1000.
So be happy that you only got screwed by less then 150
It takes years to go from hero to legendary anyway. Im less than 3 weeks away from hitting the senior post count. If you cant see how thats unfair then I dont know what to tell you.
What would make it fair is perhaps a one time sitewide donation option to those that were within a certain percentage of making the next rank at the time the merit system was implemented. For example if you make the thread count by the end of February, you can donate .03 btc or something to the site as a one time offering to all members.