Why is the healer class basically a one spell dps class?

[Naoki34]

Hello,

To get to the point, why do the healer classes have so few utility spells. Everything is raw healing. And the amount of healing needed can be covered by your ogcds almost all the time. So you don't even need to break the glare/malefic/broil or Holy/Gravity/Art of War spam.

I get why so many people enjoy ast. It is probably the hardest heal job to learn to play optimally. You have to use ogcd for sustain or dmg buff every time you cast gravity or malefic to maintain your uptime. It's a little bit more complicated than back to back broil or glare spam with the occasional ogcd heal when reapplying DoT.

Don't get me wrong. I like demolishing the pack mobs with AoE spam. I just don't understand why the healers don't have more supportive spells.

Because Yoshi-P didn't like people harassing healers who didn't want to Dps, to go along with that, he removed the majority of offensive spells and even offensive healer stances.

To leave only the bare minimum for a healer to still do his quests, a dot, a aoe (nerfed) and a spell.
This must be from Stormblood.