Taken from the challenge thread:

Quote Originally Posted by Tarage View Post
Because SMN is a SUPPORT JOB. Again, I'll list the things that make not curing inexcusable.

A. SMN has a huge MP pool. The largest MP pool in the game.
B. When using an avatar under favor, especially Diabolos, MP is not an issue. I get something like 5 refresh per tic with my gear under Diabolos favor, so it is VERY hard for me to run out of MP.
C. When using avatar's favor, the point is to NOT attack. If you attack, the favor buff resets.
D. More often than not, the WHMs are focused on keeping the tanks and DD alive. BLM are the secondary goal.
E. BLM have to constantly keep their enmity in check. If they don't, it's next to impossible to pull hate off of them in an emergency. Curing adds hate.

If you are in a party with BLM in an event, and you are being expected to give them refresh, not curing them is inexcusable and a sign of a bad SMN.

And in regards to auto attack, I said that my avatar shouldn't be attacking slept mobs unless I tell it to. That's a very simple AI fix.
A) So what if SMN has a huge MP pool? That means we get to use our avatars more often.
B) Without Avatar's Favor, I get 6 mp per tick back, 8 mp per tick back on the same day/weather if needed. Only thing I would use is /RDM refresh. With my gear. Period.
C) Why would you need to use Favor first off? Only one of worth is Shiva's Favor, and even then, you can still do Heavenly Strike, abet a weaker version, but still.
D) My point exactly. If you are main healing an alliance, like you wish SMN can do by the sounds of this quoted text, why are you wasting your time and MP on the BLMs and not main healing the tank(s) and DDs? BLMs still have the ability to cure themselves. They have a spell, you might not know it, it only costs 21 mp, and it can give back up to 450 (mind you, day/weather can increase it further) HP while doing the same amount damage to the mob.
E) BLMs don't have an ability to lower their enmity, do they? Neither do THFs have the ability to take the enmity away from the BLMs. If there isn't a THF in the BLM party, then your alliance leader needs to learn how to make a party.

If you are in any event as a SMN, you should be expected to be a SMN, not a gimp healer or gimp buffer. You really need to talk to your leader who puts you in charge of being a SMN for events.