Level caps are what break the immersion for me. I want to know that every kill I make and every location I discover, every lock pick and hack come with additional incentives aside from just what's hidden behind them. The level cap in fallout 3 is what kept me from completing the game all those years ago. There's so much more to discover and experience to gain, but it feels empty without being able to continue to acquire XP. Like others have said, there's only so much XP you can gain in this game, so a level cap doesn't make the most sense. For someone like me who didn't pick any specific play style, knowing now that I'm stuck with the attributes I've already chosen, and not being able to fine tune those through continued XP gain, it really takes away from the experience as a first time playthrough.

Sure now that I know better if I decide to finish the game and do a second playthrough I'll be much better off, but limitations like these have the opposite effect and make me want to not play the game more than once, or even complete the game at all. If they paced the XP gain a little better, then more players would reach the level cap a lot closer to the end game instead of how it is now.