Okay okay, let me try to get this strait.

At level one, you have no skills, only your basic attack (Whatever that may be). You get your first skill at level 2. Your first three skills are unique to your character, while the rest of the skills from 4 up are skills/perks of your chosen class. So in list form:

Level 1 - 0 Skills
Level 2 -1 Skills
Level 3 - 2 Skills
Level 4 - 3 Skills (And now has a class)
Level 5 - 4 Skills
Level 6 - 5 Skills
Level 7 - 6 Skills
Level 8 - 7 Skills
Level 9 - 8 Skills
Max level - 9 Skills

Give or take. Maybe at level one we start with one skill? Still uncertain. I need charts.