I also knew that mages shines in the end-game but I hope they fixed them at low lvls a little bit in 4.0.1
unfortunately I can't say they did. ATM I'm only 10 lvl so it's probably the case. I picked fire tree (still don't know maybe I should go with arcane) But here's the deal:
Even with big bad pyroblast mobs still manage to get really close to me when they're at 30-20% hp
when 2-3 mobs are coming to me I know for sure that it'd be painful death
I tried to roll a rogue and I'm enjoying him more.
Maybe casters are not my type or I should just wait till I get scorch on a run and hot streak/respec arcane to see if I'd like it?