It's funny you mention lasting through the adventure. On my barb play through, I grabbed the 2H sword from the demon guy on the nautiloid. Larian's new damage calculation says it does 3-16 damage per hit. I played through the party scene, killing the gobbie leadership, and I did not find a single comparable weapon.
And you won't ever change during the EA because the tutorial weapon is the only valuable 2H weapon... And the more powerfull.
