So Kineticist martial growth rate is kind of strange. I've only been able to experiment in little combats and not take part in full campaigns for them (lacking time and friends). But those two levels their elementals blasts trail behind every other weapon feel kind of arbitrary. I think giving them the level 5 expert isn't going to be a big deal.
But onto the point of something I would like to see expanded in a full kineticist. A more martial expression of them following the elemental weapon feat. Imagine being able to dual wield elemental short swords or 2-handing a fire forged battle axe?
It just stands out to me that the Elemental Weapon feat is just kind of there. It also has to compete with Flexible Blasts which will be of higher value to any other kineticist, I do think picking giving your elements Flexible or Brutal should probably just be a natural feature of them. Back to Elemental Weapon though it basically gives access to one (one handed) martial weapon to your Kineticist and that is cool! I think it could use some more fleshing out though.
Yeah! It works for some classes but it does limit the space of how a class can be expressed. Which is understandable not everything can do everything but in this case it feels like it is limiting to limit it. At least from the little combats I've done with friends.
I think it would be awesome for Kineticists to be able to gather element into a great sword which can be used as the focus for their powers. Or dual wield to light blades of different energy (or even the same) really flesh out the idea.
Because I think otherwise with their 'infinite resources' and how their abilities are action economy based and the stats they lean on, they are a pretty interesting blend of being able to be a marital and pseudo caster.
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Impulse shouldn't have the manipulate trait. It's like they want to make them as bad as spellcasters in melee but not give them the nearly the same versatility or damage output.