
Originally Posted by
Lujei
SMN doesn't have access to the amount of Enmity gear that WHM does for main healing, that is the main reason that I wear it. Spamming Cure III over and over is bound to get you hate eventually.
Hence there is a wonderful thing called Macro.
When I BP, all skill gears will be on, namely Astute Cape, Summoning Torque, Summoning EARRING, etc...
I Swap in Mahatma Cape, Novia, for other support roles like your mentioned, Cure w/e

Originally Posted by
Lujei
And I really don't like the idea of Astral Earring, either. SMN are so fragile as it is, losing that HP is dangerous. I think my SMN has a base of 890 HP with no merits, and tend to take a lot of damage.
You have more things to worry about than earring choice then.

Originally Posted by
Lujei
They don't have an adequate Stoneskin, mostly because they're lacking the base Enhancing. Not much chance you're going to survive if some form of nasty AOE hits you (shit happens, even if you stay away).
You can cap stoneskin 350dmg on SMN if you are rich as fuck.