Quote Originally Posted by Kyeudo View Post
It's essentially free Appearance dots is the problem. If the only time you are really going to be trying to get your way in social combat is through intimidation, getting Appearance 0 is a way to buff your social ability AND free up dots for other things. Giving away too many free dots would make it desirable long term.
Well, it won't matter in most games, since they never reach Essence 6+. But at those games that do, Appearance 0 essentially means giving Attribute-based Exalts a means to screw you socially.

And besides, it only allows you to resist intimidation attempts anyway. You're still screwed against non-intimidation attacks.