I get it, decisions in this game must matter and have a weight.
What i think is that when you reach Sacrament you should have an armory where you can try all the different weapons, see there requirements and also have the option to see and try all the different runes. I feel the players THEN should try and build their character as they like, otherwise its just a gamble.
You cannot make good decisions without the right information, and we dont have any information on all the different weapons and runes that can be applied to the different weapons.
If the devs want to push it even further in the armory you should have a chance of practicing fights so that if you die there you dont respawn on a whisper, you dont suffer durability issues and ecc.
thank you