Complainers will never get any merit if they keep complaining about drawbacks of merit system and new rank requirements.
Just ignoring them, let they do what they want.
Well they do get merits if they come up with valid points like
this...
Every members have chance to get Merit. Because Merit is not a prerogative, it's such like a gift which you deserve it. Everyone has their own opinion, so when they think that there are some problems with the merit system, they have right to complain. Maybe the merit system will not change, but at least they spoke out what they want.