Give all players starting at lvl 1 an extra 35 stat points, this way players with high enough GS and food buffed can get an extra stat checkpoint w/o sacrificing their weapon stats e.g., 300/200/50.
This would also make dual stat weapons and armors more viable since those DEX/FOCUS could now be used to unlock 50 focus checkpoint for 10% CD reduction or STR/DEX or STR/INT can be used by bruisers to unlock extra crit chance or crit damage.