I still want an "I need Aleph" quick message.

There does seem to be a robotic animal behind her in one of the lore page pictures. I would say that it is either her transformed form or she has a connection to a robotic companion (which she might share a mental connection with, considering the second lore page) that she can call upon as an ability.

Other than Lycus's two guns, the only weapon I can call a specific upgrade for a character might be Alicia's Smoking Daisy, and this is mainly because I used to use it to blow myself up as an antagonist. It's hard to get Aleph out of a bomb.

Harec's weapons exist on different points of his charge up time to max damage line, with the Ignis Fugit offering the lowest damage but fastest charge while the Aura Mortis has the highest damage but the largest charge-up time. This in turn affects how much players will move him around or use his abilities.

Konstantin's weapons (as far as I know, having only used default and Shtorm) have different rev-up times and react to overheat differently. I actually stopped playing with the Shtorm in the closed beta because I found the effort to balance the slower rev-time with the weapons heat system too much of a hassle, yet I remember another player who was an infamous Champion of the Apocalypse who would use that weapon against other raiders, most likely for the heavy burst damage it could do if he could get the drop on a player.

Hans's weapons have different mag sizes, firing rates, blast radii, and will ask for different amounts of mobility. With the default, you're free to move as you please for the most part. For the Angsar, you will want to hold an area or to create a sort of carpet of death against charging enemies. Play defensively and make every shot in your 3 round mags count. For the USU, you are rewarded for flying into the face of enemies and penalized for flying away from them, and this gun is one you could actually treat like an assault rifle, both in spite of and because of it's 8-round mag.

Mikah's weapons, as far as I've heard, affect the ranges she fights at. Granny prefers longer ranges, while the K&N (or is it K&K? I forget.) is something to unload into enemies from point blank.

Who knows, maybe it's in Spanish for the English users. Either way, it seems kind of odd that this bug made it out of the beta.

I could imagine a fair sum of Raiders being able to translate into a Board game, considering how DOOM 2016 apparently has a good board game version. That being said, I think I'd be more interested in the figures and artwork and comics if Mercurysteam has enough of a budget and demanding audience to create these products.

I'm going to give some in-story ideas as to why the characters have holsters without pistols:

Lycus probably uses his holster to hold is default shotgun. It's not the most fitting holster (unless you get his Martian Merc skin or something) but it gets the job done.

Hans's holster was probably just a part of his flight suit and he's gotten used to it being there. I imagine he could carry a pistol but he either stopped bothering after he was discharged by the Hades Division or found the pistol to just be excess weight that he didn't want to bother with.

Konstantin does still keep to some military procedure despite being a raider, the pistol holster is probably a regular part of his uniform that he's used to having, but the pistol he used to have was either lost or destroyed in his fight with Ginebra.

Harec's pistol holster is a good question. His skins imply that he used to not have a holster, but for some reason attached one to his belt between the origins of this skin and the events of this game. Maybe he tried using a pistol a couple of times and couldn't get a good feel of one? Maybe he tried to using a pistol and it got lost or destroyed in combat? Maybe he has a pistol but keeps forgetting about it and the holster is a failed attempt to remind him of that pistol?

I think it would be fine if the antag rank could be used to replace one of the two other options, but being a third requirement is... unpleasant.

Yeah, the most presence of developer interaction with English speakers that I've seen so far is on the unofficial discord. Been a while since I've seen MSE_Tenka or anyone else some around here.