the thing for me is that there is a Global cooldown, that is the great leveler as far as im concerned when it comes to the platforms, everyone has 2.5s between button presses to decide what they are going to do or switch between hotbars. If that isnt enough time for you then you need to learn to use your keyboard or controller better. Personally i hate the GCD because i feel the animation is long enough and can get bored waiting between presses because it slows combat needlessly.

if they wanted to balance it they could of just added real cooldowns on stuff.