Sounded like a rhetorical question. I don't know what the original intent was but I doubt it was designed to become a source for anxiety the way it is often perceived these days. It's just a word on the screen.


I'm a self-diagnosed asshole. You should be worried if I start being nice to people, that would mean I'm up to no good

All I'm saying that your Hero rank is almost as "exclusive" as Legendary would be if the merit system hadn't been implemented. Same applies to other ranks as well. If you care about ranks as a measure of achievement in your forum contributions then lowering merit requirements would not make everyone achieve more, just like printing more money doesn't make everyone richer.