If I have the ability to gain an enhancement on an ability I do not have, will it grant me that ability?
Example: An exploiter wizard does not gain the consume spells ability, but the Swift Consume exploit allows me to use that class feature as a swift action. Could I take this exploit and use it?
I'm pretty sure you need the class feature before you can take a feat to alter it. Else the feat accomplishes nothing as you do not have the class feature to use it with.
It allows you to do the consume magic item as a swift, since you don't have the consume spells class feature, this just changes the time it takes to do it, not giving you the ability.
It allows you to do the consume magic item as a swift, since you don't have the consume spells class feature, this just changes the time it takes to do it, not giving you the ability.
When you have an archetype that copies some features of another class but not all of them, some abilities of the base class become unusable or much less useful. An exploiter wizard doesn't have Consume Spells so Swift Consume does nothing. Choose a different exploit.