The changes are amazing and I love them. Sure, I understand the concern about losing pet in regards to tanking rares and elites in the open world, but other than that the update is really good.
I wouldn’t judge the changes based on DPS in PTR, though. At this stage it’s meant to just give the “feel” of the spec and train its rotation. Balancing comes way later, near patch release.
Anyway, I made a thread talking about what I’ve experienced in PTR in regards to both petless MM and 1-pet shot-focused BM as an alternative to old MM + Pet: