What do you do with unspent skill points?

[karunsiri]

Games with EXP and skill tree usually have either of these:
- Max level where you cannot further upgrade your skills, or
- Allow you to further gain EXP so when you get skill point, all your stats will +1 (atk, def, etc.)

But this game, after you've upgraded all your skills, you can still gain EXP but for nothing! You cannot +1 your stats or spent the point for anything.
Now I have like 45 unspent skill points. It's weird to explain but it's feeling unsettled. It seems as if the skill tree feature is unfinished like devs forgot to cap the max level or something.

I might miss something. If that's the case, please tell me what can I do with those skill points.
Thanks.

[ReflexShift]

It's the same with Fallen Order, you still gain exp. points even when they are not needed. Yeah it would be nice if after unlocking all the skills you just wouldn't gain more exp. and get the feeling that you've finished leveling up.

[The_Gay_Agenda]

I crush up my extra skill points into a yummy powder and sell them to the Jawa kids.

[Profiler]

Would be cool if we could trade them for items or data disks or such.

[Baron01]

These games are curated single-player experiences where you are not expected to play endlessly or grind excessive amount of experience, therefore, developers did not cap player levels or simply did not think to implement some experience dumps. There is use of some amount of extra skill points as a reset skill currency but other than this one use, you can just store it for bragging rights. I finished the game with some 40ish unspent skill points because I picked 2 stances, maxed them out and did not bother with the rest.

[Snackille O'Meal]

Originally posted by The_Gay_Agenda:

I crush up my extra skill points into a yummy powder and sell them to the Jawa kids.

You monster!

[Stan]

I have this slight hope of new skills with story DLC, but that's not based on any hard info or anything like that.

[Dootslayer]

Originally posted by stanoje:

I have this slight hope of new skills with story DLC, but that's not based on any hard info or anything like that.

Respawn never really made actual expansions for their games, so its unlikely.

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by stanoje:

I have this slight hope of new skills with story DLC, but that's not based on any hard info or anything like that.

I mean, unlike Fallen Order that sets you back to just before the finale with no means of proceeding just for mopping up whatever remains locked or undiscovered, Survivor continues after the credits also with new stuff to discover that's not available before the finale and with some more story bits in the saloon that happen only after the finale.

So, that's different this time 'round... but still, that don't mean much of nothin' right now. At least, it shows that "Journey Complete" isn't as complete in Survivor as it was in Fallen Order. It's possible to add stuff to the end after the finale in Survivor.

There are places on the galactic map that kinda look like placeholders.

...but still, that don't mean much of nothin' right now. It'll have to happen before I believe it'll happen.