One of the main principles that I see is the idea that the girl needs to think that you like her for reasons other than her beauty - so in the comfort stage, one will qualify the girl.

How does that idea fit in with PUA's who go in very direct; Open with a compliment, try to use heavy kino almost instantly so that there's zero doubt in the girls mind that he wants to bang her, even though he hasn't really spoken to her?

I'm assuming that this super direct model 'can' work, but there needs to be LOTS of attraction and maybe you are more likely to get LMR without the comfort element?