I can honestly say that I feel things have shifted in favoritism towards Conjurer over Thaumaturge now, rather than being balanced. Although, Thaumaturge can deal good damage, I feel they are a bit misplaced like pugilist and marauder when it comes to making parties. People would seek out conjurer, gladiator, archer, lancer, etc...but the other three are almost like filler. =( I'm okay with them nerfing some of the mage things, but I do think the MP costs are a little too high.