Veteran needs approximately 10 to 15 nodes removed to be in line with the other classes according to this thread: Veteran tree has too many nodes
In my opinion, ideally you want to combine some of the nodes and return the toughness and HP back to the vet innately. I can’t remember whether it was patch 13 or 14 that ripped out so much of the Vet’s innate toughness and HP and turned them into nodes. That would cut down on a lot of the filler.