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I somewhat disagree on the "just roll with it" as I did and then ended up restarting. This game doesn't forgive too many mistakes - which is fine and I like that but it means putting some care into decisions and not just willy-nilly picking things. Give some thought to what you are doing. I like to RP Jax and don't choose things based on power-gaming but I also am not just picking things all over the place because "oh that looks cool lets try it" at least not without a back-up save. I pick things based on my RP view yet also want my character to survive.
My own feeling is I love dialogue checks and like being able to pass certain ones so I am investing points as soon as I can so they add to my checks.
I think that hoarding points in this game is a bad thing - especially since they can count towards various dialogue checks.
By "roll with it" I don't mean pick willy-nilly and waste your points. You obviously still have to be smart about it. This is a Piranha Bytes game after all.
But I also would suggest not overanalyzing RPGs. Pick something and roll with it. I.e. freak it to the best of your ability. So if you decide to get lockpicking, cool, go look for locked chests. Use your skills to your advantage, whatever you choose.
PB games are designed to give you choices of how you succeed or progress in the game. So if you choose the Mining skill, make sure you explore and find good mining spots. Or if you decide you want to earn money simply by hunting wildlife, go for Animal Trophies. There's many ways to skin the cat, as they say.
But when it gets into micromanaging and overanalyzing, for me, it becomes much less fun. I like to pick something and then adapt to the situation in the game, whatever that may be. I trust the developers know how to balance the game, and I haven't found any situation in 80 hours of playing that I wanted to re-load some old save and put my points in something else. The choices and consequences in a PB game also extend to the skill choices. So you aren't going to pass every skill check in the first run, far from it actually. And I don't really think there's a way to totally bork your character in ELEX.
Just my 2 cents. If you can get something from them, cool. If not, that's cool too.