My position, Gyson, is that this will obviously get fixed, and that youre making an elephant out of the fly - and i said so several times already.
Additionally - my position is that it isnt that big of an issue for the beta itself, since you do get all the types of equipment right through the very beginning of the game so you can easily switch to shield and a sword (or a blunt single handed weapon) before you reach level 2.
And that the very first weapon you get is nothing more then cosmetic option since you will change it almost immediately.
NO its not a matter of "RNG" you ... - all these types of weapons will be on the beach and tutorial dungeon. RNG will just change thee individual types, not what kind of weapons are there. You will have at least one type of single handed weapon - always.
Only someone utterly brainless would claim that all this is "irrelevant" - because, at the very least you can sell all these items and buy whatever equipment you want - a better one then your starting simple gear.
All this i have said several times already.
(+ you do always have a shield for free right at the beginning of the west beach and no enemies in sight there - free loot. Major house, the tunnel under the city and Esmeralda basement - all the most obvious areas to visit at the start, before you venture out, hold literal tonnes of armors, shields and all other items too)
