the common initial impression is that you're losing damage as you level therefore you must put all points into primary attribute. However, it turns out that your abilities scale up and not putting points into your primary attribute simply normalizes you.
Pretty much this. There is absolutely no reason at all to spend attribute points on your primary attribute. As a matter of fact it is pretty much just a complete waste. Finding more powerful weapons as well as armor with attribute bonuses is the only effective way to increase damage output.
So what do you do in the alpha? You pump up memory. If you happen to have enough memory slots, then you can also pump up constitution (+20 HP per point can be helpful). All other attributes can be completely ignored.
