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do Specialist Wizards get an extra spell slot (which must be used to prepare a spell from their school) AND a School Spell (which uses Focus), or are those the same thing?
if they are two separate things, then it would appear that Specialist Wizards get just as many spell slots per day as Sorcerers, which seems odd to me. am i missing something?
They get both. Sorcerers, specialist wizards, and universalist (with expanded focus drain they get) wizards can cast up to four spells per spell level vs three for Druid, Cleric, and Bard.
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ok, but in that case i have a bigger question: what is the point of having separate Wizard & Sorcerer classes? in 1e, the Wizard had access to many spells but had to prepare them, while the Sorcerer had access to only a few spells but didn't have to prepare and got significantly more castings/day. in 2e, Wizards can now swap out prepared spells with a 10-minute rest and Sorcerers get bigger repertoires and fewer castings/day, so the distinction between the two classes seems blurred to me. the primary difference now appears to be that Sorcerers can choose other spell lists besides Arcane... but doesn't that make Arcane Sorcerers sort of redundant? why choose an Arcane Sorcerer over a Wizard, besides flavor?
Bloodlines are generally a much better class feature than Arcane Schools, and Spontaneous Heightening is very good for characters who just want to be exceptional with one good trick (melee touch characters will likely be happier as a Sorcerer because you can cast Shocking Grasp as much as you like without losing the potential to lose out on other spells for example).