This just shows how other members in this forum are not getting the proper information about this new merit system from the admin thread, you are among the lucky group of hero members that have been credited with 500 more merits points by theymos out of goodwill. At the moment, you just need to increase your required activity and your account will be legendary.
I decided that the previous allocation was too unfair in this area, so everyone with activity >= 775 got 500 more merit if they didn't already have 1000 merit (and also Lutpin). No extra sMerit, though.
In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks. The required scores are:
Rank | Required activity | Required merit |
Brand new | 0 | 0 |
Newbie | 1 | 0 |
Jr Member | 30 | 0 |
Member | 60 | 10 |
Full Member | 120 | 100 |
Sr. Member | 240 | 250 |
Hero Member | 480 | 500 |
Legendary | Random in the range 775-1030 | 1000 |