Pathfinder 2 Blog: Critical Success and Failure

[Psyren]

I will point out that the detect magic problem specifically is one PF introduced by giving casters unlimited cantrips.

Nah, at-will Detect Magic (and arbitrarily high numbers of same) is easy to get in 3.5 too.

I also do hope that an alchemist's round by round combat contribution isn't just bomb-throwing. Like, can I play someone who prepares poisons and then applies them with ranged weapons?

There will likely be archetypes focused on this even if the base version isn't quite as good at it.