Multiplayer platinum difficulty - Kineticist

The human kineticist is truly a hopeless kit for platinum. I forecasted this way before platinum got released. Every other character, i repeat EVERY OTHER KIT can be worked with and is platinum viable. This weak ass kit is plain frustrating. 

This will probably sound heretical, but...

I wouldn't mind seeing power and combo damage buffed and cooldowns shortened to the point where it would be possible to play some kits as pure (or nearly so) casters with little use for weapons. I enjoyed a few runs of the OT where Shepard was primarily a caster, and rarely fired a weapon - and I found it a lot of fun. Along those lines, enhanced melee could be fun, too.

It would also greatly reduce reliance on the RNG gods.

Well to be honest, even if the Veteran Bonus was changed, it will matter not a lot. Ascension is still keyed to Shields never having collapsed in the first place. No amount of Shield Bonus will help there for Platinum.

I would say a weapon of some kind is required that suits casters more, especially one like the Kineticist. Black Widow is nice for stopping power, but reload is the killer.

If there must be a change, I would instead propose something akin to the following:

Whilst ranked in Ascension 6a and activated:
Pull, Throw and Lance "splash" effect now primes enemies whether Armoured or Shielded for 3 seconds.
Your Biotic Detonations now stun for 2 seconds.
This limits this effect purely to the Kineticist that specialised into Ascension 6a, not even for all Ascension Kineticists. This essentially turns the Kineticist in Ascension 6a into a rapid detonator in all situations for crowd control as well, as they can now prime and detonate as fast as they have shields as in Ascension. Really useful for when you have someone who can restore Shields. However, this doesn't have the reduced costs of Ascension 6b, meaning you can get knocked out of it quickly if not careful. For the direct confrontation Kineticist.

Whilst ranked in Ascension 6b and activated:
Ascension DR (130) persists for another 6 seconds and all cooldowns are reduced by 75% for this period of time after Shield collapse.
This essentially turns this Kineticist into a very survivable character, as they are less likely to die after a Shield collapse. Permitting those who prefer the XCOM Sniper way of play (by taking your sweet time) to not have to run around all day long after losing Ascension. Although still not direct way to deal with Shields and Armour, it does let the Kineticist after losing Ascension to more quickly (via more aggresive play offered by the cooldown reduction and DR for 6 seconds) regain it.

Both offers something very different for those playing different ways with the Kineticist in Platinum. Either affect everything (but very gingerly as your Shield can collapse easily), or regain Ascension more easily because you are very hardy (afford to take some hits in Platinum) and can spam powers for a bit (to remove or detonate).