Looks like what I am seeing is the overall feeling about taking a feat or an ASI is what I am experiencing. I guess this is why I am leaning towards wanting a dice roll system like in the original BG series. That way I can get the attributes I want, without cheesing it to much, AND be able to take the feats that makes my characters non cookie cutter.

The best way I can say it the attributes are the outlines and pencil strokes in the art of our characters, but the feats are the color strokes and depth of our characters.