There is no merit to that suggestion. 
The merit system is working well, and it's time members learnt to live with it.
yeah because you can get hero member rank without merit system.. then u can easily talk like this, The merit system is working well, and it's time members learnt to live with it.
This is jealousy sounds like, if Theymos will listen to your suggestion then the multiple account users will once again flood this forum farming those different kinds of Bounty campaigns(coming from a Jr.member not a Hero Member).