Entropic shot = ranged combat maneuvers?

[Buffalo Danger]

Reading through Tech Revolution, and my first thought reading the wording of Entropic Strike is "sweet, now I can disarm without getting into melee." Is that how it's intended, or just wishful thinking? The relevant sentence:

You can deliver your entropic strike with any small arm as though you were delivering an entropic strike with a melee weapon.

[E-div_drone]

Entropic Strike is not an attack in and of itself, but rather an application of energy to enhance the damage of an attack that you are making. Here's the most relevant line from the Entropic Strike ability; "Using your entropic strike does not require any additional action to use beyond the action you take to make an attack (for example, it can be used to make an attack of opportunity.)" [COM, pg. 52] So if you don't already have the ability to use a disarm maneuver with a ranged weapon, Entropic Shot will not grant you that ability. If you do have that ability, Entropic Shot will work as normal.

[Darg727]

The wording of Entropic Strike is a little mind bending:

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Your entropic strike is a magical one-handed advanced melee weapon with the operative weapon special property that targets EAC (even when dealing bludgeoning damage).

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You can also deliver an entropic strike with any melee weapon, or any shield that allows you to make unarmed attacks (replacing the normal attack with your entropic strike).

I think a similar scenario would be the thrown fusion which allows you to make ranged attacks with your Entropic Strike. By default combat maneuvers require a melee attack roll not just being delivered by a melee weapon.