Full members, Sr. Members and Hero Members really got screwed with the merit system. Some of them were really close to leveling up and now have to wait until theyve impressed the right person to probably get only one merit point from them. The most extreme case of this is Hero Member. They may need hundreds of merit points to level up which could take a very long time to get.
Well said, as with the day of merit-introduction I was 2 periods away from becoming Sr. Member. Unfortunatelly I´ve started a full-time job in the same month so that the time for quality to collect 150 fresh Merits was short.
Anyway meanwhile I´ve managed to collect a good amount and just in time found out your thread.