Higher rank means good opportunities here in the forum, but why its so hard to rank up?
Here's what I realized for almost 5 years here in the forum and still at a lower rank.
There is no doubt, it hard to rank up. For some people to get it easily does not mean that it is easy to do. Some people can be lucky about it and some can be hard luck. That is why one post must have high merit than the other even if both of them are of the same quality level.
The day I know that it is hard to rank up was the day I saw someone with 1233 activity but without any merit. I was surprised but when I open the person profile I notice they were posting just links upon links upon links. That was how I knew about bounty hunting in the forum. Those kind of people don't get merits.