.Many legendary members do not receive more merits than lower rank members, in my opinion
This is not correct and can only be correct when you back it with data or evidence. All the merit data I have seen in the forum points that legendary members recieve more merits than lower ranked members.
. This led me to believe that they had attained the highest rank and didn't require merit to move up. They can contribute whenever they want or not, and even provide detailed answers to questions that deserve to be answered. They only comment when they feel it is necessary and add to their post count, which is especially important for signature campaigns.
Not all legendary members has answer to newbie questions, even if they have not all are ready to share solution. Many people have other things doing apart from being in the forum and the lil time they will have for forum may not permit them to tour the whole forum providing answer to questions.
What I’m curious about is that only a few legendary guys are always active in the forum and providing lasting solutions to questions posed in the forum. Others that are active only post to complete their signature posts. Does that imply that after getting to legendary rank, making posts or comments to be merited is not necessary again?
Apart from some users getting the legendary rank by merit airdrop. Most of the legendary accounts you see today are controlled by lower ranked members. These accounts have changed hands over time and you can't guess the knowledge of the person using the account.
Many people don't care about the rank, many people don't care about anything in live maybe save money.
You can notice that many people are applying to be merit sources while some who are merit sources don't care to distribute.
No strong feelings, here is just a discussion forum.