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Up-front, we've not had a Barbarian PC in our "Curse of the Crimson Throne" PFRPG playtest. However, while looking at the conversions that will be needed for an upcoming adventure
PFRPG fixed the 3.5 issue of trying to figure out skill points for higher-level characters based on Int scores a half-dozen or more levels ago, and which were and weren't cross-class when they took this or that class at various levels... so why the clunky rage point calculation mechanic (gaining a certain number of points at each level based on the character's Con at that level) is still around is a mystery.
Easy fix: calculate rage points according to a combination of the Barbarian's level and effective Constitution score at the beginning of an adventuring day. Higher Con Barbarians will still get more rage points and a greater ability to access rage powers.
What about Jason Bulmahn's alternate rage system?. That's just CON+2+(2*level) rage rounds. It should be much easier to convert and track for DMs, which I think was a major motivator.