In APG, the witch loses restoration and commune w. nature (among other spells). Why?

[Saurstalk]

If we're looking at spells that a witch would typically have, it seems to me that lesser restoration/restoration/greater restoration and commune w. nature would be there. They were in the Beta. Why were they stricken?!

Okay. Add to that, Hideous Laughter, Insect Plague and Wall of Thorns, which are gone, too. :[

[Paul Watson]

Saurstalk wrote:

If we're looking at spells that a witch would typically have, it seems to me that lesser restoration/restoration and commune w. nature would be there. They were in the Beta. Why were they stricken?!

And Wall of Thorns, which, given Sleeping Beauty, I'd have thought was about as iconic a witch spell as you could get.

[Tivilio]

Saurstalk wrote:

If we're looking at spells that a witch would typically have, it seems to me that lesser restoration/restoration/greater restoration and commune w. nature would be there. They were in the Beta. Why were they stricken?!

Okay. Add to that, Hideous Laughter, Insect Plague and Wall of Thorns, which are gone, too. :[

I hadn't noticed that. Damn. My witch is my party's healer in that game, so I've used the Restoration spells a lot. Epic fail here Paizo.

[Zurai]

Yeah, that puzzled the heck out of me too. There's a reason I kept all the playtest documents, though. Easy enough to revert to the final playtest spell list and just add in the new Witch spells from the APG.