I don't know if it's fair to say Priests have 7 direct damage spells:
- Starshards is Night Elf only, and could be considered a weaker version of Mind Flay.<>
- Mana burn can only be used on targets with mana, while Druid DD spells have no restrictions.<>
- If Wrath and Starfire are the same spell, then Smite and Mindblast basically are the same too.<>
- If Roots doesn't count because it's primarily a root, then maybe Holy Nova shouldn't because it's primarily an AOE heal?<>
[st]I agree with you that Druids in caster form may have less options than Priests, but I think that is the fundamental cost of being the "jack of all trades" class. Druids are supposed to be good at healing, good at tanking, and good at DPS, but not the best at any of the three.
A Druid can tank as a bear, do DPS as a cat, and as a caster can heal and nuke. A priest can only heal or nuke. Maybe that's why Priests have more attack spells than Druid caster form.