feel like you missed the entire point of what Merit is for and what devs “suggest” to do if all you care about is end build test
as gregory said →
^this is what you want and what’s “intended” for the things you wish, (cheat engine works too i’m told btw), or use the save editor to create builds direct from Grimtools links
devs want you to play the game, and Merits is intended as QoL skip help, not to bring you from 0-100 with everything “cleared”/all skill points and devos, Merit does exactly what it’s supposed to do, and give alt chars a bit of boost potential.
if you somehow magically expected merits to serve another or different purpose then that’s on you/you misunderstood something somehow