It did? Hmm, I don't EVER recall having to sit down for 20-30 minutes and watch my health bar ssssllllooowwwllllyyy go up. Did you really play UO? Cause like, I'd simply buy, ya know, GHeals at the beginning of every night and play non-stop till I wanted to log off. So what I am saying is, I think your wrong
When in any game have you ever had to sit down for a full half hour to recover anything? Sounds like you don't play video games at all. Either that or you were trying to exaggerate your experience to further prove you were right, when in fact, you are wrong.
Just because a game has heals not everyone had training or access to bandages all the time asshat. This meant you had to sit and recover your HP very slowly
For those of us played before the 17 expansion packs with tons of revisions came, you could only grandmaster in one skill (i.e. melee, magic, music, blah blah) and raising other skills could bring your GM down. Why would I waste it on healing when I could put it into something more useful in combat (although magic heals were instant which was nice, still I'd take a fireball or ranged attack over that any day)
Being able to minimize downtime != it not existing. Please be certain you're correct next time before posting with adults.