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The fact that most historical pre-gunpowder armies used spears as their main weapons should tell you something. Spears are a lot cheaper to make than axes (don't even need iron for the spearhead), hence, mass distribution is possible with spears. So yeah, I'd say it's a better weapon for an army.

It's a good thing all that about Schism made it into the errata... :uhoh: Really though, even w/o schism I don't see what is wrong with powers that can be manifested as a swift action. I see it as reflecting the fact that you don't need to spend time bothering with components, manifesting is...

"Am I drunk yet?" "Roll to see if I get drunk!" "If there are any girls there, I wanna do 'em!" :lol:

How do you figure that? The PsyWar can manifest at least 2 powers a round or 1 swift power and 1 full round's worth of actions per round. If set up correctly, he can get off 3 powers a round using Schism. It doesn't take long at all to buff up a PsyWar, and in most cases he will only waste 1...

That was my understanding too. In all the Greek pottery paintings you see, most had a shield of some sort and a spear. Also I read their spears were 8 feet long, so it would be more like a longspear I think.

Yep, I currently have a 9 PsyWar/10 Illithid Slayer (half-giant), and he wipes the floor with every other melee character I've ever made. Ever.

That's the way we do it in my group, too. Otherwise it's a pain to keep track of separate AC for the "designated opponent" for Dodge. Anyway, I see Dodge as just a prerequisite for other feats in the Mobility/Spring Attack feat tree, as well as Karmic Strike. If my character won't be taking any...

Heh, the barbarian was made for damage. Not much else. But at higher levels you'll be laughing at him when he gets charmed/dominated and you're fine with personal mind blank on you. Something you can try is to take Karmic Strike and Combat Reflexes, then buff yourself with vigor and then an...

It's always good to use severed limbs as improvised clubs :) I had a Wookiee in a Star Wars game once who got his arm half-blown off by a Trandoshan, then ripped off his own useless arm and proceeded to beat the Trandoshan with it. It was great. :lol:

Like spatula said, it's not all about power points. Besides, at higher levels a PW will have points coming out his ears if he has a decent wisdom score, and a lot of the time he will be using low-level powers which cost a negligible amount of points. Just consider Expansion, where you can spend...

The PW's advantage lies in his self buffs. At lower levels I'd say the fighter does better due to his full BAB and better hit dice. But at higher levels, the PW outshines the fighter both in flexibility and raw damage potential. The PW is more like a cleric than a fighter, I would say.