Mages were overpowered before and took away from a lot of elements of the game (mainly too much CC, too much AoE damage and surface spam, teleportation). I haven't played one yet now, but I will soon enough.
I'm not sure I like the concept of armor and magic armor being separate things. It punishes you for having a diverse party. I think they should be the same armor that acts a buffer against CC, but it might be too late for that now.
