Keep in mind that they're not done with sorcerers yet, they apparently gain the ability to summon minions too.
To be honest, I don't think the skills are TOO bad. They still retain their anti-wizard skills, yet now they gain the ability to throw out some AoEs themselves. These AoEs induce all kinds of status effects, which could be fairly useful in a WoE precast.
(especially since two of the AoEs have the ability to stun) Also keep in mind that these AoEs will most likely be used for their ability to cripple/inflict status effects on the enemy, rather than dealing heavy damage like a wizard. Not quite sure how the walk skills will be effective, I guess we'll just need to wait & see them in action.
I'm a little surprised not to see more single target skills though. Maybe these minions will come with new single target spells instead.
I like the sorcerer. It's pretty much the only sprite that looks like a trans of the trans classes, rather than a whole new class.
Look at Mage, Sage and Professor. All almost the same base, with a bit more added each time (females, anyway)
QFT.
Skills are a disappointing though....
Minstrels also look similar to their trans counterpart. It's just a clown sprite with a robe pretty much.