Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
That only makes you "unique" until you have every merit WS. It makes people feel obligated to get them all just because they can, even though they probably don't need them all. Once the active playerbase has done this, there is no difference from one player to another and the merit system has failed at its originally intended function of offering customization options.

Remove merit caps and the only uniqueness from one player to the next will be whether they are haves or have nots, and their character appearance (which has so few options that everyone has at least a few lookalikes).
I'll take freedom and full functionality over uniqueness any day.