The current state of health and damage done by thralls, from a pve perspective and without an authority build is fair enough, at least to my liking.

They die, mostly because they are stupid af and don´t know when to run by themselves, or as any player that get stuck against many enemies attacking at once. that´s at least on my experiencie, they do a sufficient job taking some of the enemies while you fight the boss, or viceversa , holding the boss while you take the trash out.

Pets however are weak and i rather not use them for defensive or adventuring purpouses, which is sad if you want to play as a beastmaster kind of playstyle.