Me saying "why can't I have nice things" doesn't translate into "why am I not able to compete".

And that one char I had with 31 edges was quite able to compete.
Long before he had those edges too. The key edges are maybe four or five, others are convenience; if I couldn't have a character I felt convenient with, I'd probably never endure it to age death.

P.S. There ARE builds that become convenient to play with much less edgepoint investment. Most rangers and shapeshifters, for example. I just don't feel like playing only rangers and shapeshifters.

Not that it'll actually come to being limited to 4-5 edges.

P.P.S. Edges are also fun to just collect, like achievements.