So one of my first reactions upon reading how the Kineticist is supposed to function. Since the Elemental Blast is a specialized action and not a Basic Strike action, this is one of the first Martial progressing classes to seem to have a harder time utilizing Haste to have a Quickened Action for a basic Stride or Strike with potentially the Magus as an honorable mention.
I'm curious how the mid-level playtests go in this regard. My following thought is that since the Kineticist has so many Impulse feats that require good positioning and that the class is pretty action-hungry to Gather Elements, Elemental Blast, and use special Impulse actions that they probably are happy with a Quickened action to Stride each turn anyway without ever using a basic Strike. One of the things I hope playtesters keep an eye on. I think melee Maguses did also appreciate the Quickened Stride too anyway even if they focused on Spellstrikes instead of Basic Strikes on most turns.
Speed Runes on the Handwraps of Mighty Blows are also awkward but that is near Level 19 where the Kineticist does get a built-in Class feature to make them Quickened to Gather Elements which is excellent and nicely helps the class take advantage of the Quickened condition but waaaaay later at Level 19.
