Yes the minds who formulated with the merit system are really sharp. Perfect way to weed out those "Farmers" who post almost nonsense sentences for the sake of ranking up. However yes, it does make it ultra hard especially for newbies or jr. Members just to get that first 10 merit. I think it's a little bit unfair under that side as other members or rather full members etc. automatically get a fixed value of merit in accordance with their current rank.
That'll be a good idea for this forum because there are really nonsense post around.
It'll be a heck of a challenge for the rest of Newbie like me but i accept that challenge because that's their new rule here.
So be it.