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My group used Alkenstar extensively during our 1e campaigns and were really excited for our first foray into 2e to be a return to Alkenstar. As a whole, I think we've been largely disappointed with both the lack of advanced firearms in what's meant to be the firearm capital of world and what seems to be a total tonal change of Alkenstar from a city ravaged with permanent antimagic zones and a plucky reliance on "science over magic".
It doesn't even seem to match any other references on Alkenstar for that matter, which really begs the questions as to why it specifically was chosen to be watered down to be friendlier to new players.
The 2e firearms have largely been exceptionally disappointing and it feels like all the wrong lessons were learned from the debacle of touch attacks in 1e.
All around it seems like compromises were made so that nobody was satisfied. Guns are still in the world but they're somehow anachronistic to the clockwork and steampunk tech already flooding the setting.