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

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5x8 yeah. KB+M has the benefit of more flexibility though. Since mouse buttons exists and there’s usually enough keyboard room to be met with comfort, whereas with controller it’s moreso trying to jumble up everything together between the bumpers, but irregardless i don’t see how you could run out of room on a keyboard and mouse for skills since healers don’t really have that much to begin with. Mostly because you can take out a few like cure 1,benefic 1 etc.

Mouse buttons is a huge one. I'm using a Logitech G600 and I got 12 side buttons where my thumb is. A hotbar can hold 12 abilities. Slap on Ctrl and Alt as my modifiers and I'm able to access 36 abilities with nothing more than 12 side buttons and two modifier keys. Toss in Shift as another modifier, as well as other easy to reach keys on my keyboard and yeah, KB+M can have a super easy time accessing a ton of buttons at once. Not everyone has an MMO mouse though, but even just a mouse with two side buttons is still offering another eight abilities between base with Ctrl, Alt, and Shift modifiers.