Quote from: Decimation on February 15, 2018, 02:15:57 AM

So how can I gain 90 merit just to rank up to Full Member..? That means I need 90 unique people to randomly select me out of the thousands of posts they see a day just to rank up? I was under the impression that activity was the only thing that determined rank, which I was thankful for since I could rank up by Feb. 14. Turns out that after going to 126 activity, I get a private message from a user explaining to me that I cannot receive Full Member rank without 100 damn merit. Are you serious? And this was introduced 11 days ago. My fucking luck.

I get that it is to reduce spam and increase the quality of posts, but holy shit how am I going to get 90 people to give me merit when there are literally thousands of people posting every single day? Doesn't matter if I post extremely high quality posts or not.

EDIT: Also why is the merit jump so dramatic from Member to Full Member? 60 activity and 10 merit is required for Member rank, but 120 activity and 100 merit is required for Full Member? Activity is increased by 2x, but the merit is increased by 10x? That makes 0 sense.

Always remember that you are not the only one with this issue. And above all, I feel your pain. It might take a very long of time for us to rank up in this case.

Quote from: TryNinja on February 15, 2018, 02:18:10 AM

Legendary: random in the range 775-1030
This user has only 868 activity. He can become a Legendary in the next period or maybe only at the 1022 activity mark. He got 1000 merits by default because theymos thought it was not fair to only give 500 merits to Hero Members who were in the 775-1030 range and could become Legendary at any time.

@Theymos : I support your update. Personally, I think this is the best way to reduce spammers.

But if what TryNinja saying is true, then I'm sorry, but you are being unfair here.
I'm so sorry to ask this, but what about those people who were so close to rank up before this update as well? If what TryNinja stated is true, then you should implemented it to all of those users who almost rank up as well regardless what their ranks are. Or at least give those people handicaps, like I'll take myself as the example:

I supposed to rank up to full member just few more days before this update (112 activity), but suddenly this update comes in and I gotta collect 90 more merits in order to rank up. Exactly the same like the other members rank with "60 activity". I think this is unfair.

Once again, I support this, just askin for a little consideration. Thank you in advance, sir @theymos. Have a great day