I mean they were probably thinking that having all of one side go before all of the other side is unfun and broken.
I agree that wits is pretty stupid though now.
In my game I just adjusted the amount of crit it provides to put it on closer par to the primary stats.
Same. You can even bump how many init points you get for a Wits point, just to make sure you stay ahead of the curve and get the first blow in most of the time.
