Most enemies in the game has 12-13 wits/initiative point. Go above that and you start first. This is later increased to 17-20 as you go through the game.
In other words, there's no practical way to keep your initiative ahead of the enemy. Let's say you can reach level 7 in the alpha, and let's say you start out with 10 Wit. You'll need to dedicate all 10 points from 5 out of 6 total level-ups in Wits just to keep it at 20, leaving you with 2 for the rest. That seems like a pretty lopsided investment.
