I just don't feel that "you get a better weapon eventually, so who cares if you can pick your starting equipment during character customization" is a solid argument.
That wasn't my argument. Of course getting to pick your starting weapon would be better (and if skill selection is in, so should weapon selection). Not having that option, though, wouldn't be a big deal for most people.
Godammit fanboyz, is it THAT hard to understand ?
A couple people agree with you, which means a lot of people probably had the same experience, so you must be right.
A couple people disagree with you, but nobody else has had the same experience, because obviously they are just fanboyz.
Makes sense.
I have an atrocious feeling that this situation is gonna be happening all the time.
You mean like all the walkthroughs, FAQs, strategy guides and help forums, etc, that have been created for pretty much every game?
Any particular person having trouble with a particular part of the game doesn't mean the game design is bad, or necessarily needs to be adjusted (excluding bugs, of course, this being a beta). There is no way to design a non-trivial game to make sure everything is obvious to everyone.
