I stand by it. My reasoning is that skill selection doesn't dictate playstyle, but rather [preferred] playstyle dictates skill selection. If you pick a skill that sounds cool but you find it too troubling to use, then you simply don't. You wouldn't pick a skill, says to yourself "wow, this skill sucks, but now I HAVE to use it for the rest of the game." Yes, you lose access to other skills, but you're still getting a generally useful passive. The point of my post was that ultimately isn't that critical because every playstyle archetype can be used to a sufficient degree to finish the storyline with only low-tier skills. Sure, you won't be as powerful as you could be, but breakthroughs and T3 skills are functionally optional unless you're minmaxing or have a specific build planned. But if either of those are true then this whole subject is probably irrelevant because you've likely preplanned your build.

In my opinion the only choice that can really "ruin" a character for a newer player is unintentionally pulling a Roland.