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

[Duskane]

I always find this "healer shortage" thing funny to read because if it was true probably wouldn't have gotten that far in ShB msq or a massive use in trust happened
like Healers are generally the last thing you'll get in PF ex content always been the case especially when we have new content like Bozja just released.

[Rilifane]

I always find this "healer shortage" thing funny to read because if it was true probably wouldn't have gotten that far in ShB msq or a massive use in trust happened
like Healers are generally the last thing you'll get in PF ex content always been the case especially when we have new content like Bozja just released.

At ShB release, healer always had instant invites even at the oddest hours with tanks having to wait for several minutes. This went on for many months until non-healers picked up on the perks of queueing as a healer for instant invites. Which means what we now have in DF are mostly dps who switch to healer because you get instant invite and it's braindead easy; that is a far cry from the dedicated healer mains you regulary had in DF queues before ShB. Most dps/ tank mains I know despise healer but still queue as it for quick roulettes because they can just spam one button and netflix on their 2nd monitor. But they still dislike healer and would never play it for anything other than instant invite.
Not quite as extreme but similiar in endgame content. You tend to wait for healers and the ones you get are.. clearly not well-versed in playing healer. It's rare that I get a healer in reclears or Ex farm that even reaches blue while hilariously outgearing the content. And you can even reach low purple with lots of GCD heals.
Don't think that just because you don't wait 35min as a dps for a healer anymore means we have plenty of healer mains - we don't. We have dps mains that are tired of long queues and bite the bullet by doing something they don't like, they're not good at just to get it over with.

[Duskane]

At ShB release, healer always had instant invites even at the oddest hours with tanks having to wait for several minutes.

this happens when new class you add is a tank

[Rilifane]

this happens when new class you add is a tank

Sure. The fact that they butchered every single healer had nothing to do with it. It's not like the forums and balance discord was on fire or something. Or that healers have been non-stop complaing ever since ShB release. And nobody ever admitted to quitting healing because of their terrible design choices for ShB.
Nah.
It was just because there was a new tank and it was only healer mains suddenly interested in tanking.
Man, how come I never realised this?