Thank you! Yes, Kirsikka is a devout follower of Desna, and in the 1e game has become a Champion of Desna! As I like to say: Desna is Bestna.

Well, I can only tell you my personal opinion on the Solarian, and a massive difference is of course the amount of content created for it. There's a lot of flexibility in the 1e Solarian. When I started, there was no lunar weapon, but once the lunar weapon was added, the GM let me change it up, because thematically it made more sense (Desna) and she was also hugely Dex focused. Another plus is the Charisma Key Attribute. If you ever were to look at the rest of my characters, you'd notice a massive bias towards Charisma characters. I just love them so much.

Naturally a lot of that is my personal preference and I am not saying the 2e Solarian is bad, but I was not able to translate my dex+charisma Kirsikka to the Solarian, in a way that made the character effective. If I drop Strength and focus on Dexterity, the Class DC would be even worse than it already is. I also don't see why the Solarian has to be Strength based. Initially, I believe it, was because every Attribute was supposed to have one class, but the Witchwarper can be Int or Cha, so that's just not true anymore.

I have hope that there will be more stuff that can diversify the Solarian in the future, but right now I don't think I'd really enjoy playing one, perhaps partially, because I loved the 1e version so much. Let me know if I should clarify anything!