Read this thread to understand about merit FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit, you can give someone merit when you have 1 sendable merit  (sMerit), when you receive 1 merit from other member, you also receive 0.5 sMerit, you can only give out integer merit, for example 1 or 2 or 3... You can't send out 0.5 or 1.5 merit.