I agree with not liking the new changes that much. I understand why they were done, but as others have said - now instead of focusing into one elemental branch, you spread points out amongst all of them. You still end up having a ton of spells early on. Plus most of the spells in each school are arguably useless, and given players limited AP per round, its hard to see why there is ever a reason to go full investment in just a single school of magic.
And the level requirements - why are they capped at both intelligence and player level? Surely the best spells should be limited to high intelligence. Maybe higher tier spells take up more "spell room" i.e. 2 slots instead of one.
