Like Alhanelem pointed out, our automatons are dumb. To fix that issue, we have to use attachments (Which I just showed that it didn't work). To change the pet for a BST, they change the jug their using and call beast. For SMN, they just resummon a new avatar. For PUP's, we deactiavate the automaton (Must be at full health even missing 1 HP and you're out of luck), unattach all attachments, change the body piece, change the head piece, and go through our LONG list of attachments to equip which ones we need/want. Than, because the Automaton doesn't function right, we have to remove one of the things we want/need to fix our automaton from doing stupid stuff like silencing mob.
Want to talk about attention. The new gear they just released, only 1 piece, standard leg gear, is for the automaton.