We don’t have complete control over what the trust levels can do, but it’s definitely quite flexible in what we can do with it.
As to the requirements, I fully agree that the requirements are too strict - I’ve changed the topic/post view percentages from 25% to 5%.
25% was reasonable like 18 months ago when the forum was smaller. I don’t think it should be zero since people should still need to be active to maintain TL3.
@Falafel where did you find that list - I just want to make sure I update it to reflect the change I made
That said, in a way the TL3 requirements are kind of irrelevant to the main point of this topic - trust levels exist mainly so that community members can assist with site moderation.
While the overlap between script creators and trustworthy community members is quite large, it’s definitely not 100% 
Perhaps another trust level that doesn’t have any extra authority other than the ability to view the lounge? I also think that just having a scripter discord server is also a possible solution 
Just wanted to chime in real quick regarding the TL3 requirements, I’m reading the rest of the thread dw!