If the design direction of the 2024 Artificer is meant to push them into focusing on spells cast via magical items, then every option—entire subclasses included—geared towards the idea of a weapon-using Artificer is a deliberate trap meant to sucker players into using a suboptimal setup while other Artificer players use the Right Options for the class.
D&D 5E (2024) What's New with the Artificer in Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
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WanderingMystic
Hero
Your alchemist and your cartographer are not weapon using options. The artillerist is only a weapon user if you are going true strike otherwise is a caster. The Armorer can only use their internal weapons which are buffed to be on par with a character with weapon mastery but you will still be casting spells as nothing else helps weapons. The only real weapon user is the Batlesmith just like the only real weapon using wizard is the Bladsinger.
WanderingMystic
Hero
sorry when I said magical item I was referring to a spell casting focus. Notice that the Alchemist can't even use a wand as a spell focus if they want their class features to work so no+ caster focus for them.
mellored
Legend
You can use any weapon or wand you create as a focus. Under the level 2 feature.
Nord Ronnoc
Explorer
Thankfully, you can use your Arcane Armor as a spellcasting focus.
WanderingMystic
Hero
yes but using a +1 weapon will never give you bonuses to your spell attack rolls or save dc
WanderingMystic
Hero
I was thinking about begin able to benefit from magical focus items that grant bonuses to your spell attack rolls or spell dc.
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