Lycan: How are you getting so many rays? Which energy type do you use? What metamorphosis forms do you prefer?]
Okay. You share a Split Psionic Ray'd/Chain Power'd
energy conversion with your psicrystal, then (at some point) use
metamorphosis on it (preferably by using an ectoplasmic skin of proteus, so it can stay shapeshifted all day) to turn it into something not-immune-to-[mind-affecting]. If you give your psicrystal the Assume Supernatural Ability feat, choker is great for those extra actions. But if not, you merely share
schism with it so between you you have 2 standard actions and 2 mental-only standard actions, each of which you may use to fire 2 rays of whatever energy type you have stored.
Thus, you have 2 (you) + 2 (your
schism) + 2 (psicrystal) + 2 (psicrystal's
schism). If you're both chokers, that means you also get extras. And each ray can fire and hit one enemy, Chaining off to hit a large number of secondaries (including those hit by a separate ray).
And I like using Sonic, since almost nothing resists it.
Everyone: Which builds are best for levels 1-3?
Anything that doesn't use limited resources and can still take out enemies. That's why I like my proposed build
And if you have a good Dex, feel free to plunk with a crossbow or somesuch, since the difference between your attack bonus and a fighter's attack bonus is, at most, +2, given comparable ability scores.
Also, you can take, say,
matter agitation for no-save-cannot-avoid damage over multiple rounds for 1 pp, and you can also take feats such as Psionic Shot to deal extra damage, if you like.
When do Wizards have their heyday? Sorcerers? Psions?
The higher, the better, generally, since you get more and more resources to spend.