Tell me which secondary Attribute you would rather go with. I been thinking abotu which one I like more and I can't decide. I feel with medium armor you don't need that much Dex but without it your Solar Flare is very unlikely to hit. Without Con you will get spreaded by attacks. I feel this may be the one time as in another Thread the Solar Flare needs work to be useful.
I think dex is much better. Not only is solar flare dex reliant, but there's actually skills that use it (useful ones at that), and if you have a side-arm (which you probably should) it will also be dex-based. And yes, having a backup gun as solarian can useful, if you're either caught with your pants down (unattuned), an enemy is out of your Solar Flare's range (especially possible if it's currently Graviton attuned), or for any number of potential edge cases, you'll be glad you had some heat, and I'm not talking photons. I honestly wish solarian was less incentivised to pick up dex so it had a more even choice.
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As written? Probably Con. Simply because hit points are going to provide more protection than the low level abilities, and heavy armor is an option at 2nd.
You can technically ignore Solar Flare, and just not take Balanced Arrangement.
Personally, I'd rather see a variety of Solarian builds instead of strength first, dexterity second, everything else third all the time, which is what Solar Flare pushes people towards. If it was a save DC, that would help. Alternatively, make it an option instead of mandatory.
Like, you get Solar Weapon and then pick one of other manifestation: Solar Flare, Solar Shield, or Solar Nimbus. Maybe just Solar Shield or Solar Flare, since Nimbus and Shield are really going down the same theme, Nimbus is just alot more restrictive (melee hits only). I'm also worried the designers are weaking both Shield and Nimbus because you can stack them. I'd rather just have a single stronger ability that doesn't take as many feat to get online.