The only welcoming groups for new players are human/dwarven military groups. The lot of you other groups aren't so friendly, based off experience from an alt. Community is in a weird spot imo.
Y'know man, I liked the first one. Shame it wasn't accepted. I like that some of my suggestions were mixed in, glad my inspiration wasn't for waste. Ye ye accept this lore, great stuff. +1
Hand-cannons would not be a good idea. Why would you want guns so bad that you'd make a redline that you 'could lose your hand'. Haven't actually read OPs post, been reading comments.