when respecing i lost a skill point to allocate?

[Delaborga]

so i just started the game, i had 2 points i could spend, as soon as i did i took both left and right path, then i wanted to test respec, i respeced the 2 points but could only use 1 point now, how does respec point work exactly, think i got it confused

[andrew.thiele]

Each specialized skill levels as you level, granting skill points to apply to their skill tree. Each skill has a maximum of 20 skill points (which can be increased further with + skill level affixes on gear), and each skill point requires more xp than the last to obtain.

If you have a skill with 7 skill points and you choose to remove 1 skill point, you have effectively de-levelled that skill back to level 6 and will have to re-level it to 7.

As your character level increases so does your Minimum Skill Level, as described in this prompt:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2312636262

You level your skill specializations again by gaining XP. And if you re-specialize a skill, you are granted skill points equal to your current Minimum Skill Level (which caps at 10 skill points).

Re-specializing or removing skill points of skills may feel like you are impeding your ability to progress, but it's not a big deal to lose a few skills points along the way. The early skill points level faster and you'll generally find that your skills are fairly close to each other in the later game, even for those you de-levelled or re-specialized multiple times.

The amount of xp a lower level skill gains has also been increased in the latest patch:

• Skills below a certain level threshold now gain XP much faster than before. This allows you to respec points or change the skills you use and get back to the same level as your other skills much quicker.
  
• The threshold for this XP bonus scales with character level. Skills affected by the bonus will state so below the XP bar in their skill tree.

Source: 0.8.1 Patch Notes[forum.lastepoch.com]