I'd have to concur with this topic. I never understood why the tier II line had to come in the form of merits considering the only A+ skill rdm got is enfeebling. Rdm should have gotten Tier II in the form of scrolls and merits that enhanced potency of the type of spell instead IE: Enhances Dia effect, slow potency, paralyze potency, etc. I most sincerely hope that SE doesn't do the same thing by lvl 99 merits and give us a tier of spells that we should have gotten via scrolls again.