Thanks so much for the feedback!

As you can see, I cut my teeth on 2/3.5e and it definitely shows when I write anything DnD related both as homebrewer and DM.

I think you're right about the light weapon property critique and am always looking for a simpler way to assemble things.
Likewise, I like the idea of merging the 3rd and 6th level features to add a utility/non combat feature. I was afraid of overly frontloading the subclass when I designed it.

I'm away from my notes right now but I'll come back later today and edit the original post to reflect these changes and a trial 6th level feature for review. I'll also try and clean up the wording as suggested.