Concerning the Fighter:
  I notice the Composite Bow is now the bow you need for a Strength Bow.
  I'm guessing Composite Bows are pretty popular nowadays.  
 
  The bastard sword of Movie legend is now an exotic weapon.  Even the fighter must use a Feat to use the bastard sword one-handed.
  What is it about the Spiked Chain that makes it so popular?
  For years I've been hearing about spiked chains.  
  
  The Fighter is a Feat Class.  That's pretty obvious.  If you like Feats, be a Fighter.  In a gestalt campaign, take Fighter for all those Feats.  Let's see, 1 at 1st level, 1 at 2nd level, 1 at 4th level, 1 at 6th, etc., plus 1 starting, plus 1 if you're a human, plus 1 at 3rd, 1 at 6th, 1 at 9th, etc.
  One thing I'm not seeing is that any of the other classes can take nearly this many Feats.