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>>4949614
There's a difference between a "need" and a "want." If you have a particularly useful starting weapon, you WANT to use the other weapons, either because they'll do certain things better than your starting weapon or they're more exciting to use or because you have an ammo surplus, etc. If you have a particularly useless starting weapon, you NEED to use better weapons because you won't be able to fight back without them. Both lead to different feelings and strategies for the player - the first leads to feelings of confidence and capability and makes them more willing to fight off the bat; the second leads to feelings of tension and constraint and makes them more willing to run off the bat.

You may not notice them, but your brain does. (They're also more obvious if you pistol start everything, as you should).