Its really an issue tbh, Like BG the whole point of a mage was sure you couldnt do near as much between ur spell casts or if u were out.
But if u did have them you could at least rely on it so satisfyingly for a last hit, if you spend AGES auto attacking and you were just like "OK ENOUGH" *MAGIC MISSILE*! or *FIREBALL* and then you're like "**** THANK GOD JESUS JUST GET HIT ALREADY"
Now you have less a lot casts per day, sure you get some encounter but thats really late, you arn't free to rest, you need to rest more often, and your ****ing spells can miss 3 times in a row!
GOD DAMNIT! just enough with the spell misses! can't magic just be like a sure thing? its seriously god damn tedious.