I'm sorry, what? You quoted half of the first section of my previous post, using it to make the exact argument I was aiming to discredit. What was previously inequal is irrelevant. My point is that even if psionics 3.5 had some tricks wizards didn't for some period of time, your 3.5 to 3.5 examples show that most of this gap was covered in splatbooks. We are at the end stage of 3.5, and the chronology of when abilities were added doesn't change their power level now.
My ToB remark was poorly worded. Please, allow me to rephrase:
I imagine ToB advocates also wish that people group them among similarly powered classes, without the paranoia caused by the relatively new system.
This being the "similar wish" mentioned in the original phrasing. I apologize for being unclear.
Truthfully, the second section of my previous post was more speculation on the cause of these recurring, derailing topics than anything else; when some people hear "psionics is broken," they think "psionics is more broken than wizards" is being said. When someone who doesn't know psionics hears it this way, you get DMs who ban it out of hand. When people who know psionics hear it this way, you receive the reaction your original remark did. The existence of the first set of people causes the second set to become defensive, as there is a perceived difference in power between wizards and psions out of line with the actual power gap. No one is actually arguing psionics are weak. This was the point I was trying to make, however ineptly.
In response to your final sentence, I am compelled to mention (entirely in jest, mind you) that ToB possesses Iron Heart Surge, and thus is quite capable of denying the chance of entire methods of attack from ever affecting them.
edit: "...for any significant length of time."
