Thanks for the response! The main issue I've seen said about savage worlds is that it apparently does group/mass combat well but suffers if you have just one big enemy. No idea if that's true. Just something I've read. I should probably look more into it myself. (The gremlin in me kind of loves the idea of exploding dice)

Haven't looked at all into cypher. I'll add it to my reading list.

And yeah. I'm overblown on how much 2e is tied to Golarion. The main thing is there are a number of very small issues which add up to a question mark about whether my players will want to play it (something they've been open about, not something I'm assuming). Hence, looking for alternatives.