I'm not saying they are perfect or even anywhere near right at the moment. I'm just saying that having Merited WSs stronger than Standard WSs, but weaker than ones you have to Quest for, makes total sense. Merits in general are easily picked up, even if you are not trying to level. With levelling so easy these days, why not have a set of WSs that fill the void between Quested and Standard WSs. Of course if the beefed up the Quested and Trials WSs that would be even better!