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And precisely there has been the last patch on affys. They used to be usable as CC against a single target. For example: Fear one mob off with enchant and hit another with ele.

Affys might be useful, but there is no comparison to their sister spells, heal and elemental magic. That's special for ryzom. The other consideration is that usually only few classes of class-based MMOs have strong CC spells. And those are not the best tank or DD classes. Meaning: Very strong CC or even AoE CC would be too strong, basically the same reason why buffs don't make much sense in ryzom.

Even after the link break, afflicting and neutralisation spells keep lasting a bit of time, depending on its level.
Add to this the ability to cast an enchant spell instantly before resuming casting the CC spell, and you begin to have something that can be used by a soloer. Of course it costs more sap/life because you cast more spell, but if you avoid being hurt, it can be nice... never said it was perfect anyway.

But more : what is the point of healing spells if you can't heal yourself ?! Healing sucks !!!!
Hey man, this is not a solo game, it is a (real) MMOrpg, not a solo themepark with many players that can chat between action.