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.
Well, I pretty much based my entire game plan around burst damage; so I got enough memory to waste 6AP worth of things and no more. I focused the rest of the points and gear towards directly increasing damage.
It worked out well since I could face roll even the final encounter, but maybe it would fail against other encounters where there were 3-4 more large waves since all my abilities would still be recovering from cool downs.
So I wouldn't say it was a waste, but if it turns out that my game plan does not work then yeah it would have been a waste.
