If you think players to be cheating shmucks.

In fact EPs for favorite character contests are good and even may be automated, because if you look at the past favorite character votes, they were awarded with edges or even legacies I think, and characters who won them were all awesome (I remember Marintok and Tanzer, perhaps Gaspare and Daphedee won it too).

So this definitely promotes awesome playstyle and is definitely a way to go.

And in general, this is a way of reward which makes min/maxers lean towards behavior which is liked by people. Totally vicious way of abusing our greed for power.