They have feats to double this, plus the shield cantrip to soak some more. But yeah, pretty easy.
Well then it's probably best to not cast directly in a fighter's face and to Step away then move/cast.
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I like it, myself, as it reminds me of spell disruption in AD&D, meaning casters need to be cautious even at high levels. Past a certain point in PF1, (and even easier in 3.5D&D) casters could pretty much cast defensively at all times and lay down some really nasty spells with impunity.
Well, that makes readying attacks on spellcasters more fun. What fighter cannot cause damage greater than the level of an opponent caster? :)
On that topic, can someone help me out with a hypothetical readying scenario against an enemy caster? Assume that they're yet to cast, so you ready your bow/cantrip/whatever to fire the moment they do. According to the Ready action description on p308, 'If you have a multiple attack penalty and your readied action is an attack action, your readied attack takes the multiple attack penalty as if you had spent your readied attack on your turn.'
Does this mean that readying an action counts as your first attack action, so when you do fire it counts as a second attack action with the standard -5 penalty for multiple attacks? That's the worst case scenario, but how could you take any other attack actions before your readied action?
Am I seeing this correctly? Since the somatic casting action delivers a touch attack, there is no way to deliver a touch spell without provoking? Seems a bit counterproductive.
Only way I can see this working is if a touch attack spell counts as a Strike action, which shouldn't provoke, just like PF1. I see that the Shocking Grasp spell has the attack trait, which matches up with the Striding and Striking text on p305, where it says 'Strike is an action with the attack trait that allows you to attack with a weapon you’re wielding or an unarmed attack (such as with a fist).'