Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Beta Choosing starting equipment during chr creation?

So, this is a picture of Arhu's trade window when I ran into him for the first time at the Cyseal gate.



Lots of mage weapons that my non-mage characters had zero interest in.

I'm aware that the inventory is random, and the results for each player are going to be different. That is actually precisely why (when debating the option of being able to choose our starting equipment) it's ridiculous to argue that Arhu has better equipment that makes the starting equipment obsolete. Because there is no guarantee of what you're going to be able to find on a vendor thanks to RNG.

I think it's also a bit presumptuous to expect every player to be willing to throw down their gold at the first few vendors they meet. Some of us are a little more.. miserly, and try to make our gear stretch as long as possible between "free" upgrades. That starting weapon someone erroneously insists is pointless might be a weapon that I end up using for several levels. Better, then, that I can actually pick the exact type of weapon I want to start with.