Quote from: KingZee on October 17, 2018, 02:05:26 PM

So explain to me how does the merit system prevent heroes and legendaries from posting equally low effort posts

Merit doesn't stop high-ranking spammers.
But there's this:

Quote from: suchmoon on October 02, 2018, 07:22:15 PM

Code:

6704 permanent bans (including nukes):
   4228 Newbie
   1244 Brand new (nukes I'm assuming)
   460 Member
   328 Jr. Member
   276 Full Member
   99 Sr. Member
   40 Hero Member
   22 Copper Member
   7 Legendary

87222 merits destroyed:
   13 merits per ban on average
   251 single-merit users banned

High ranking spammers will never earn back their rank thanks to the Merit system. And although the Merit system can't stop the existing spam problem, it stopped it from getting worse.

You (KingZee) seem to be on a tirade against the Merit system. You've been gone from the forum for a while, so you've probably missed that many others did that before you. It's not going to change the Merit system.
In an ideal situation we wouldn't need the Merit system, or even better: all posts would deserve Merit. But we're far from that, and Merit is the best we've got for now.