New Game+ or just a new Game.

I see your point about making it more intuitive.  Even more flexibility is always a good thing.

I would just like BioWare to give us more information so its not as much trail and error and guesswork to make our decisions when trying to customize our play style for ourselves.

I've done things like that, like my last run the only gun i used was the sidewinder and I find it a palatable solution when I lean into a role-play reason behind it. The pistol looks old west outlaw like, i made Ryders background story that he was leaving the alliance for family sure, but also because he was outrunning charges that would have had him in the brig or whatever alliance prisons are called for years. His lucky sidearm in crime was the sidewinder and he never feels the need for more. But like most nerf yourself solutions I feel its a hack that requires way to much gimmicking on the players part for things that should be built in. Its nice that you have the option, but its more of a despite of the system than a because of the system type fix. Powers I can roleplay around in the sense of you just haven;t advanced that far despite the game giving you level X, guns are a bit harder you have to intentionally pretend your ryder is a idiot and doesn't pick up a rifle even though he needs more range.

Always go for new game plus, make your character stronger and you have more freedom of progression with many things unlocked at first.