Can someone clarify this for me why it is that Veterans playing this game pretty much since alpha are going Sorcerer if they want to mainly heal and not Templar, which is actually considered to be the 1 main-heal spec of the 4 types?

Please help me clarify this

because the restoration staff is good at healing and the sorceror gets some strong passives pertaining to magicka and magicka regen along with passives that reduce magicka costs. sorc can also be a great tank because of the defensive buffs and cc it gets.

The resto staff is Enough to be a complete viable healer in all cases? Wow!

Dark exchange is ridiculous and will allow you to outlast a Templar, and the synergies in the sorcerer passives are simply amazing for staves. Sorcerers have so many ways to gain magicka; and they have (almost) unparalled escape maneuvers for PvP with nice defensive bonuses.

I see, thank you for the examples!