New puppetmaster~

[Jaice]

Alright.... this is my first post on these forums... be gentle

Hai, I'm Jaice currently my girlfriend Vivain and myself were able to bug our linkshell enough to help us unlock puppetmaster shortly after we hit 30 with our jobs (mnk for her, whm for me) and I'm attempting to make a Valor Edge tank frame. My puppetmaster is a whopping level 11 and so far so good, the frame has only died once to a T mob when I wasnt paying attention - The plus side to my setup is I'm not soloing, Viv has Tournefoux outfitted with the Storm walker frame w/mnk subjob and my little Rouleteau is using the Valor frame w/whm subjob - we have very little downtime but I believe that my puppet is an effective tank so far, my payload on him is

Fire: Tension Spring II - Inhibitor - Strobe - Reactive Shield
Earth: Armor Plate II - Shock Absorber - Hammermill
Wind: Pattern Reader
Lightning: Heat Seeker
Light: Auto Repair I & II - Flashbulb

I started researching the tried and true ways of leveling PuP solo after getting my Valor Edge frame and found out that my first choice probably wasnt the best. I can see the validity of using a mage frame and tanking for your puppet, but I've never been a conventional player Even with just getting the Shock Absorber and Strobe attachements I had almost zero downtime going from level 1-10 if you can add the Volt Gun and Reactive Shield well there's really nothing that can stop your puppet after that.

We plan on duoing untill we can't anymore but I'm happy to see that this class is able to solo it's way to the top (something they diddnt let DRG do many many moons ago when I first tried this game ;_; ) I'll keep this thread updated as we go on our adventures to put a perspective on different ways that we play our puppet masters and hopefully to answer beginner questions for the one's looking into this great class ^_^ It helps quite a bit that her and I can talk about how our puppets differ in each situation and try to configure them to suit our personalities best.

So far we've effectively started a genocide on the East Sarutabaruta area up to level 11 and are working towards Tahrongi Canyon this weekend.

[Tomato_Kai]

Re: New puppetmaster~

...We plan on duoing untill we can't anymore but I'm happy to see that this class is able to solo it's way to the top (something they diddnt let DRG do many many moons ago when I first tried this game ;_; )...

You should tell this to LadyKiki.

She seems to have another opinion on the matter.


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Also; I hope you're able to find some really good opinions here. I'm not superkeen on PUP personally... and from what I've seen, it's not a terribly popular job within the community. That's not anything against the job or it's abilities or funness or anything, but rather, I just see so FEW.

I wish I could validate this post with helpful advise, but I can't. I'm sorry

[Celeal]

Re: New puppetmaster~

If you unlock other head/frame set as you level up, there will be more options and more fun

Added:
If your automation is going to take hits, Replicator (Wind Attachment) is very nice to have. It triggers Blink when Wind Maneuver is active at certain Automation's HP%. Flash (Lightblub), Stoneskin (Shock Absorber), plus Blink (Replicator) is a useful combo for reducing damage taken.

[Durahansolo]

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Guy in my Linkshell is a 75 PUP, I think its a cool job but sometimes he gets annoying with his "I CAN SOLO ALKY/PALLAS" and "MY PUP IS SOOOO GREAT...." stuff lol. I've seen his pup in action though and his Auto is badarse at healing doing (I think) Cure 5's for 400-500 and with the update from awhile back, the auto can heal other pt members.

Only thing that kinda sucked, i went with him once with my 70WAR/SAM to Upper Delkfutt's to farm the items for Alky and something weird happened and he kinda locked up and couldnt engage the mob when he got aggro from a Gigas on the top floor, lol i almost killed it by myself.

I ended up doing Mighty Strikes and getting up Seigan Third Eye (Anticipated about 8 times in a row without recast lol) then i died with the Gigas at about 5% HP. ;_; Other than that, i think its a cool job and i definently dont have it unlocked but maybe one day it'd be fun to solo with.

[Malevolent]

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I ended up doing Mighty Strikes

I didn't know SAMs could do Mighty Strikes...HAXZORS!!

[Silent Howler]

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I didn't know SAMs could do Mighty Strikes...HAXZORS!!

i went with him once with my 70WAR/SAM...

[Jaice]

Re: New puppetmaster~

If you unlock other head/frame set as you level up, there will be more options and more fun

Added:
If your automation is going to take hits, Replicator (Wind Attachment) is very nice to have. It triggers Blink when Wind Maneuver is active at certain Automation's HP%. Flash (Lightblub), Stoneskin (Shock Absorber), plus Blink (Replicator) is a useful combo for reducing damage taken.

I'll have to run out and see about getting a replicator... I did the silly thing and spent almost every last gil on attachments the moment I unlocked the quest, the Replicator and Volt Gun are on my list after I get Vivain's mage every affordable attachment ^_^ Thanks Celeal!

[Tule]

Re: New puppetmaster~

Volt gun is not that great of an attachment to get if you are tight on money. I don't even use volt gun anymore. Valoredge tanking is fine at low levels but gets less effective as you lvl up. Schuerzen is nice to in that if your pup is about to die, it will consume an earth maneuver and do 0 dmg. It works as long as you have earth maneuver up. Unless you are SCing with your pup, you don't really need inhibitor. Instead of heatseeker, use stabilizer 2 and dynamo, it works better. Replicator gives 2 shadows for 1 maneuver and 1 extra shadow for each wind maneuver up. Optical fiber is also an attachment you might want to get as it boosts the affect of other attachments as well as generate quite a bit of hate.

[Lunatone]

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ummm hi im a puppetmaster 28 and i was wondering my puppet is always cureIII ing me i wanna know can it curaga me and team or jus cure them

[Tule]

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Puppet can't do any -aga spells so can't do the curaga line and you need southslayer head frame for it to heal others.

[Lunatone]

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how do i get soolsoother

[Tule]

Re: New puppetmaster~

I think the first chance you can get Soothslayer is at level 40 but I could be wrong.

Here is a link to the ingredients for it
Soulsoother Head - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia Gaming wiki

[Jaice]

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You beat me to it. *curses the phone*

[Silent Howler]

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Puppet can't do any -aga spells so can't do the curaga line and you need southslayer head frame for it to heal others.

wtf is southslayer? Its Soulsoother that acts like a White Mage and can cure party members. Spiritreaver is the other "Black Mage" automaton head. You have a choice of getting one or the other at level 40 and then have to wait until level 50 to get the other.