I honestly think the system is bad. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> Sorry, Larian.
It's one thing to tout "Over 290 Skills Available!" as a marketing point; quite another to find out that it takes five of those skills just to be able to use two-handed weapons (50 skills if you count the all sub-points you need to use each of those five categories... damage, accuracy, etc, etc, etc., just to be able to effectively use your limited weapon of choice). Putting precious points into 2-handed slashing ... think that means swords, right?? Ha!... only to discover that you cannot effectively use a gorgeous 2-handed "shadow" sword, or elemental damage sword, or any other two-handed weapon that does not do "slashing" only damage makes bragging about how many skills are available a tad disingenuous, IMHO.
That's why I think the system is truly poor. Doubling the amount of available skillpoints would be of help to players, but won't really "fix" a broken system, in my opinion.
