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Tom,
The best thing about live path effects is the involved paths can be edited on-canvas with the node tool. So, adding the ability to visualize handles on-canvas for LPE parameters as well would be just another usability step forward with it. The star and spiral tools are not lpes internally. However, they're shapes that people more commonly need (which is why the tools make more sense). The best part about if the Wiggly/Wave function was a Live Path Effect is that you could apply it to those shapes as well too. :)
I will agree that LPEs are currently a more "advanced" function. However, I think with a little more usability work and making it more visible and documenting it all well... it will be something the average user will utilize a lot too. The few friends of mine that I've shown how they work were blown away with not only how powerful they are, but how easy they are to use too.
I'll be honest that at this point, we're getting pretty loaded on full-on tools. So, unless someone wants to tackle making our toolbox much more flexible and resizable, I'm not sure that people would be so open to this being a dedicated tool.