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>>5639891
"Intent" is meaningless here - they tested every map in pistol start, but they also programmed the game and ordered the maps to play continuously and have pistol starting only happen as a punishment if you die or if you hop to a level with a cheat. Both are valid ways to play the game.

I play everything pistol start, but if you're not having fun with it, just play continuous, especially because it sounds like this is your first time playing. It's truly not as game-breaking as you imagine it, especially in Doom 1 where you lose your weapons at the beginning of every episode. All it will do is let you have more choices immediately as opposed to finding those choices only through scouring for secrets, which seems to be what you're looking for.

It's like saying that Mega Man is meant to be played with the P-shooter only because they let your do it. Yes, you could, and people who have played the game for a long time do, but the game is designed to let you carry weapons over for a reason.