What are you talking about?! Spear is the best starting weapon. It’s cheap and it can be used for fighting and hunting. Attack speed is great and dmg is good too, especially against Black Forest mobs. With lvl 3 bronze spear and bronze buckler you can kill a troll in 5 seconds.

I use it all the time. All my friends started using it too. Until i reach the swamp, my spear skill is 50-60 so it doesn’t use much stamina and gives a decent dmg output. I don’t even need a bow until mountains and I need it in mountains only for drakes.
There is only a couple of enemies that are highly resistant to pierce, and for them i use a mace or an axe.