It looks pretty decent to me, I wouldn't take the Lighting Reflexes and would instead take Mobility, which adds +4 AC against AoOs as you'll want to be getting in close enough to hit and not eat the AoOs while doing so. I also like having Lunge in my build to give me an option of a 10ft reach to hit things that are attacking my companions are that are more than a 5 ft step from me.
The build I'm going with is a 2H fighter/barbarian and he has dodge/mobility - then going to grab Spring Attack as soon as he can which allows you to move/hit/move w/o getting attacked by AoOs from whoever you are attacking.
I question why you have Outflank in your build unless you have a partner who also has it so that you can cause some massive damage between the two of you. If you are going to do some teamwork also look into Butterfly Sting and do the whole fishing for crits thing where whoever has the highest threat range passes the crits to the person with the highest critical bonus multiplier, which can be absolutely wicked.
Other than that, the build looks pretty solid to me.
@TheSideKick - A bit more damage than that due to the greater power attack (50% more damage) that the 2H fighter gets and the ability to do the Overhand Chop & Backswing (2x strength bonus on these attacks). It's a very flavorful archetype.
@Nicos - Yep, I missed that w/ the longbow. It is only melee weapons, so @jojarth, maybe pick up another 2H weapon to get that weapon training in like a earth breaker or.... a pole arm, which might come in handy especially if you get lunge and can give yourself a 15ft reach (20ft if enlarged).
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@uber nerd - At 15th level
banking on a game lasting that long, assuming they wont be leveling insanely fast, isnt worth it if he dies due to a unnecessarily low ac. a standard fighter is a better choice over all. at level 3 and even at level 19.
also i would change lightning reflexes for improved iron will. ive seen one to many fighter go crazy and kill teammates after failing a will save.
@TheSideKick that is all a matter of personal preference and opinion. He asked for a critique on his current build/feats with his current archetype, not for others to tell him to pick the vanilla fighter. Yes, great power attack is at 15th level, but he's level 9 right now and we don't know how fast they will level up to 15th (only 6 levels away which isn't that far).
There are other things you can do to pump up your AC with gear and feats that mitigate the AC being lower than a full plate wearing fighter. It sounds like he wants a fighter who pumps out a bit more damage, that is a bit more mobile, and who wields that big ole sword of his with great power.
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and now you're arguing just to win.
"Any other feats\abilities\traits\archetypes you recommend I look at? "
so you are wrong, he was asking about a full critique, and my advice about a non archetype fighter is valid.
"that is all a matter of personal preference and opinion" <-- this is what he is asking people on the boards for. im trying to show him damage isnt everything. and that keeping his ac high will be as effective, or more, as adding +4 damage to 3 swings per round until 15th.
if hes playing in a game where leveling occurs to often to care about the road to 15, then he can disreguard my advice. dont make an assumption about his game.
and now you're arguing just to win.
"Any other feats\abilities\traits\archetypes you recommend I look at? "
so you are wrong, he was asking about a full critique, and my advice about a non archetype fighter is valid.
"that is all a matter of personal preference and opinion" <-- this is what he is asking people on the boards for. im trying to show him damage isnt everything. and that keeping his ac high will be as effective, or more, as adding +4 damage to 3 swings per round until 15th.
if hes playing in a game where leveling occurs to often to care about the road to 15, then he can disreguard my advice. dont make an assumption about his game.
Not arguing to win I was pointing out what he said at the beginning of his post actually: "Just looking for some advice from others who might have played this type of character before." So that's where I went with it, though the part you quoted made it a bit contradictory so we were both right and both wrong, depending on where you look in his post.
I'm playing this "TYPE" of character right now and feel it's pretty powerful and I'm not missing the full plate, so I offered my advice on what he might consider looking at to help the build a bit. My assumption of getting to level 15 when they are already level 9 is just as valid as your assumption that they won't make it that high. It'll definitely depend on the type of game and GM they have going on, which we both don't really know if it will or not because we aren't in the game.
If you prefer the vanilla to the archetypes, that's fine. We'll agree to disagree and move our separate ways like adults.