You get roughly 300 skill points that we know of, with more coming with future updates (new skill lines). A few points placed in each crafting skill line won't make much of a difference.

I reached VR1 not too long ago, have all the combat abilities I'll ever need and have been working on all crafting skill lines too. I plan on maxing out all 6 craft skill lines alongside my combat skills, which (last time I calculated) will take about 250 skill points, leaving me with 50 to spare.

Obviously getting that many skill points will take awhile, especially considering the majority of them come after level 50, but it gives you an idea of how little a few skill points wasted will mean. You could easily max out 2 craft skill lines in order to gear yourself easily and still have many points to spare for combat.

plus you can reskill if you feel like you really dont need those skills any more

I have little trouble finding them without keen eye, so I'll wait until I have points to spare.

SirAndy wrote: »

Never had any trouble spotting nodes so for me this seems like a waste of points.

Until you put a point in keen eye and realize you were missing roughly half of them no matter how diligent one thought they were. You Definitely start noticing more with points spent there. I'm talking mostly alchemy here, other three are pretty easy with/without.