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Spears are single handed in the PHB and are subject to polearm master due to the errata. Implementing both these will make the fighter much better, and obviously some of us love the idea of running around with a shield and spear like a Spartan.

Yeah, the insistence CRPG versions of D&D have for making Short-spears/Fighting-spears two-handed is irritating in the extreme when Shield+Spear has been one of the most consistent weapon combinations used by armies for thousands of years.

Agreed. My primary gripe is that the game is supposed to be based on 5e, which clearly states the spear is a single handed weapon. I imagine polearm master will come eventually, but I can't understand the rationale for making the spear two hand only when the source material explicitly states otherwise. They even went out of their way later on to adjust the polearm master to include the spear, which I imagine was specifically so we can do the whole Spartan thing and make the spear equal to or better than the longsword while using a shield.