Hoping for equipment selection on character creation

As the title suggests, I’m hoping for a possible update in the future that adds equipment selection on character creation.

My main reasoning for this is currently, you have no access to Heavy Armour until a possible lucky loot drop after an hour or so playing. So outside of roleplaying, it’s almost pointless speccing your character into anything less than 14 DEX for that +2 AC bonus in Medium Armour or you end up purposely hindering yourself for an unknown amount of time or until you can purchase it from a vendor. Either way, you are almost forced to spec your characters a specific way to get by which defeats the purpose of an RPG.

I feel it would add more personalisation to the character too. Dwarf Fighters for example could choose to start with a Battleaxe or Warhammer/Shield. Something more befitting of their proficiencies instead of every race starting with a Longsword.

I am aware that you can simply respec later on to suit equipment and builds but that just doesn’t feel right from a roleplay point of view.

Of course I wouldn’t expect the “top tier” base equipment to be available such as Plate Armour or Studded Leather. Some variance would be appreciated though to allow a bit more creative freedom.