Quote Originally Posted by Semirhage View Post
I have never played WoW.

I've still spent the vast majority of my time not healing on a healing class in every single RPG I've ever played, MMO or no. This fantasy of a healer that primarily heals with only scant time to maybe occasionally do damage or support came, as far as I can tell, from thin air.
It came from player fantasy. It's not some outer space virus. Some people saw heal/support healers somewhere like an anime or a videogame and thought it looked cool.