There is no good mechanical reason for a Soldier (blitz) to not have a level of Soldier (blitz)

[technarken]

OR "Why is Blitz style as good as it is in comparison to the other Soldier Styles?"

[Deadmanwalking]

I'm not sure it's any better than the rest, taken as a whole. It's not bad by any means, in fact it's quite good, but its main claim to fame is being front loaded, not anything else.

The 1st level ability is amazing...that's pretty much the whole reason it gets so much press (and why it's such a good dip).

[Vrog Skyreaver]

Honestly, If you're going to dip Soldier, you should probably be dipping either Bombard or Guard, as both of those are better benefits IMHO; Bombard gives you really good thrown range for grenades and a free grenade that you have whenever you have 10 minutes floating around, and Guard lowers ACP (which is good on Heavy Armor) and increases Max Dex (which is awesome on any armor).

[RocMeAsmodeus]

Is this the first running gag of the Starfinder forums?

[technarken]

I hope so

[Zabraxis]

Vrog Skyreaver wrote:

IMHO; Bombard gives you really good thrown range for grenades and a free grenade that you have whenever you have 10 minutes floating around

As a dip, Bombard is bad. The grenade level is based on your Soldier level and the save is based on the item level giving you a 1d6/1d8 w/ an 11+dex reflex save for half. Aside from the smoke grenade the free grenade quickly becomes useless. The increased range isn't even worth it since Grenade Launchers are available @ lvl 1 w/ a 60ft range and you get proficiency by default as a Soldier. Take a different style if you're dipping.

Sharpshoot is solid for range focused character.