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

[Absurdity]

Does utility even work in ffxiv? like speed buffs and cc. I've only started late stormblood so was there ever a use for them?

Sure they "work" but with the engine and netcode being the way they are you can probably expect some delay on certain utility. Best example for what I mean would be Rescue where it takes about a second for the ability to actually register after you pressed it.


CC did have a place for a very very short time in early ARR dungeons, then SE nerfed them into the ground because people kept complaining about the difficulty and it simply became "pull everything and aoe it down" and consequently crowd control lost it's purpose.