I have never abused merit, i gave merit to post I though were good who gave me merit for some of my posts.

To be frank even I feel the same.People who are already famous due to many reasons for instance campaign managers and DT members are getting more than enough merits from other members.Most of them do this in order to make them feel flattered.
But guys do you think such things can flatter them??and as a response they will select you for each and every campaign!!!!!!???
If you are doing this then wake up already pal.I am not saying that don't give them merits,but please don't use this efficient merit system for flattering others.There are many good posters out there who are struggling to rank up and make a good name for themselves in this forum.We should appreciate such posters and merit them instead.

I actually am confused if I am happy or not because of the new merit system. I genuinely agree the concept of merit as it is to stop shit posting and shit posters getting paid snd much nore things. But also now we have to get merits to rank up and that can cause a bit of trouble in ranking up. I just noticed that the amount of merits got by the well known members of the forum is quite high when compared to merits received by members who actually have good quality posts. What I'm trying to say is people are giving merits to the upper tier members who basically are the DT members.