At the moment i am having the same issue, it is hard to join in campaigns being a newbie and it is harder to get some points so that i can continue my journey with a higher rank.
Since this is your first post after almost 2 and a half years break how do you even know that it is hard to earn merits as you haven't even tried yet ? Besides, last time you were active (December 2017) merit system hasn't even been introduced yet.
If you keep writing nonsense like this, you will stay at the low rank for quite some time.