I completely agree that we should at least be given the option to disable all pet auto-actions, however I don't completely agree that it's a setback to Scholars.

As someone who's played as a Scholar for a very long time now, I definitely have never had issues with Eos not healing the tank. When I used macros,and even now that I use none, I always manage to keep Eos focused on my target without fail. I feel like the Fairies only ever heal other targets when you're not completely focused on your own target. So while I don't find the healing aspect annoying, I will agree that the auto-attacking can be a huge hindrance when you're trying to use other fairy abilities. While a few seconds delay on buffs may not seem like a huge deal, it's still contributing to lower efficiency that could be diminished should we have total command over our pets.

Also Eggnook, yeah it's nice to have them healing for you while you DPS, but I find this can only really be applied to the low level dungeons.