I agree. This was my earlier post:
"So many of the comments in this thread are odd to me. My magus is rr 86. I don't see or run into any of the issues seen from the poo poo-ing in this thread. There are things to fix: Mist needs to be changed so it can crit. again, like Engi napalm now does.* Pets need to be subject to group heals or, immune from AOE damage, or simply toughened. Otherwise, Magi can kill quite effectively and have all kinds of tools at their disposal. It's a fun class."
*This may have been fixed. I was told my fellow magi that are Change focused, their Mist can crit. now.