Yeah, the Arcane Archer falls to the same problem that the Way of the Four Elements Monk has:
Not enough resources to do the thing you wanted the subclass for. They really should have had some Cantrip level abilities to make sure you could always punch with fire or shoot a minor trick arrow, then worried about the big flashy stuff later.
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