My question is.. with a silly Ardent, what does one do with all these extra actions?
Debating on a build for a gestalt campaign. Starting at lvl 25. Thinking of mixing this with Atavist to get 3 standard actions in a round. (Have to refocus as a move action same round to get ready for next round,can also use Hustle as a Swift to gain extra Move action, to move and regain focus.)
Thinking Ardent 10+/? // / Atavist or some such..
I also don't get how people are getting infinite psionic focuses. At least you need to manifest hustle with a linked Synchronicity.
So the maximum benefit I can see is (assuming you start out psionically focused):
Standard action: Sync with linked Sync
Move: Regain focus
Swift: Hustle with linked Sync
Move: Regain focus
Standard: Sync with linked Sync
(Psycrystal Containment: Sync with linked Hustle, maybe)
Now you have one standard action left in this round (unless you have Psicrystal containment), and three Syncs going off next round (and one Hustle, maybe). Going with the most beneficial interpretation of Readying actions that's still a very beneficial arrangement, but not nearly as good as the infinite nova for 1 PP this thread started out on. You start out your second round without being focused, hence can only manifest two (or three) metapsionicked powers that round.
It requires Metapower (linked) on Hustle and Metapower(linked) on Synchronicity, just for cheapness and flexibility.
[FAKE Edit
]Forget this, this is what the psion could do. Of course the dominant ideal takes care of the focus for the Ardent.[/Fake edit]