Playing as a tech and PeeBee unlocks(spoiler)

I found it more amusingly timed than annoying. You can always just respec, I think, if the wasted points annoy you too much. I just switched to putting points in the Remnant Vi since I had a pile of points. Man, I love that thing especially because of how it actually follows you or goes after enemies.

Good question, why not both? Looking at a tech build for a new playthrough, heard good things about the turret with cryo ammo?

Not annoying, no.

You earn skill points like candy in this game - can flesh out so many different combat builds that early mistakes don't really matter.

The turret and the Remnant VI are also not all that similar

The VI drone thing's strength is flexibility.. it can move around and re-acquire targets... but it comes at the cost of firepower and health vs the turret. My maxed turret seems to do a fair bit more damage than the drone.... that said, I can't count the number of times my turret sat around useless because I threw it in a bad spot, had to detonate it and wait for the recharge... Drone just moves around and gets a new line of sight.. which is very handy.

Having both is nice.. but if I had to pick one I'd probably use the drone.

full on pet build, I like it.