Reach weapons

Just learned something new on the Ask Wizards page.

Apparently, you only treat reach weapons the same as ranged weapons for the purpose of actual cover. Soft cover, such as those provided by creatures, doesn’t apply to the reach weapon wielding creature or character.

So essentially, there are no cover or firing-into-melee (cause you ain't firing anything) penalties when using a reach weapon to attack "through" a friendly creature.

Just thought that might be handy to know for any players running longspear-wielding kender.