The main thought was to switch focus to something that would be more capable at range. The built-in Weapon Finesse would still help with melee touch attacks, but I worry about clogging up the melee something fierce.<br/><br/>Actually, that's another potential benefit to Arcanist in the long-term. Dimensional Slide can help get into melee as an Arcane Trickster without having to try to make Acrobatics check through threatened spaces. Basically, my biggest fear (driven in part from my own recent GMing), is a melee clog where I can't get in to get Sneak Attack touch attacks.