I was playing with some empire faction (Ythril and magmar). Thoses factions have some weapons at the start of the game: bow with 6 ATK for 800GP or demon sword with 8 ATK for 800 GP. They were nice in the previous betas. But they aren't worth the price in beta 3 since empire can have shortbow with 10 ATK and 45 GP. The battle hammer cost something like 180 GP for 18 ATK.

I have seen Janusk with 14 ATK and the capitar sovereign with an ATK of 45 !!!!

With such values, the 10 HP of your starting sovereign feel very short. And I don't see why I would spend customizing point on equipment or weapon since you need few researches to get weapons.