But I feel that being able to get merit is very difficult even though there are several threads made for users who want to get merit with terms and conditions that must be obeyed.
If you are a good user of the forum, it is normal that the speed at which you earn merits increases as you become more active, more knowledgeable, participate more in the forum, and people get to know you better.
At least that happened to me. For a long time I earned merits at a slower pace than my activity, and I think I remember that since LoyceV helped me to rank up to Sr Member was a kind of turning point where I started to earn more quickly until I reached almost twice as many merits as activity, but since I reached Legendary the speed has slowed down a bit.
Don't worry too much about the result, the merits, and enjoy the process more, your activity on the forum, and the merits will come on their own.