Maybe it's because I've only played mages and never melee, but they pretty much stomped on any diversification those classes could have had. You're either going to get yelled at for not being the healer (Conjurer) or get laughed at for thinking you can do something besides nukes (Thaumaturge). Even with cross-classing, it no longer seems feasible to create a mage that can find a middle ground between support and damage.