But, the starting weapons dont have anything except cosmetic value.
I disagree.
The most you can use them in tutorial cave and the first fight..
I disagree.
Shield loot tables aren't set up correctly - obviously. As many other equipment categories - especially in this new version.
Speculation, unfortunately. Shields have been like that since alpha. With less than a month from launch I'm not expecting much to change here and can only report what I see now.
If youre buying skill books then its your won fault and choice to stick with the very first weapon you got. Especially if you are a mage or a hybrid with any spell abilities - which makes weapons pointless for that build.
I disagree. I don't understand how it can be classified as "your own fault" either, as every player is going to spend their gold differently and there is no right (or wrong) way to do this.
If you play the city to get a few levels before engaging in any combat - then its your own fault and choice - and then you dont need any weapon at all - which makes the starting weapon choice completely pointless.
I disagree. Again, you're also using that "your own fault" phrase oddly. There is no right or wrong way to advance through the story. One is not "at fault" for adventuring in Cyseal before moving out into the wilds beyond it.
Additionally getting two levels up means you will either find a much better weapons as you are solving all those city quests and looting everything around - or earn more then enough money to buy better equipment which will then be present in traders inventories.
I disagree. It depends on RNG luck and your spending priorities.
Additionally, most builds start with appropriate weapons
I disagree. "Appropriate" is also the wrong term here. Your idea of a "knight" may be a character with a two-handed sword, where as mine is a character with a one-handed sword and shield. Neither is inappropriate. This is supposed to be a classless game, after all.
So your Knight with 1 point in single weapons can use the twohander big sword and you have a companion and help from legionaries in the first fight.
It's not a question of can he, it's a question of wanting to use what fits my concept of my character. It's also a matter of already having a convoluted means of achieving that (as I described twice now) but looking for a more streamlined solution to be implemented from the developers (i.e. letting us choose our starting equipment during character creation).
Also, I think we may have different definitions of "pointless", as you are frequently using it to describe things that are not pointless.
