PUP Overpowered a little?

[Svens]

Yes Pup is alot better than it was at the release of TOAU... Most of us stuck with it even though it wasn't great performance wise on IT mobs.

Now I even have people that are Jealous of me... I have capped haste with many martial arts traits and I punch pretty fast. On Iron Clad in Altep I did 6,361 stringing pummel. I wish i had a screenshot to post, but I had filters on. I didnt know until more than half my ls did this... "O.O"

I had almost the entire area of people checking me... That was my highest so far and that was against a pretty beefy NM. I usually average between 2k and 4kish. Dont get me started how how hard my auto nukes with bliz5... All I have to say is Thankyou SE.

Ive had some jealous people complain to me about how pup is overpowered. I said. "Its not overpowered, its playing exactly as it should." A whm auto should cure like a whm. A blm auto should nuke like a BLM. A valor/SharpS should dd like any other DD. And a master, should DD like it is now. AGain... Thank you SE.

That ironclad occasionally takes double damage during certain conditions. Still, ~3100 dmg on an NM is pretty good.

The biggest issues I see with PUP are accuracy. Sure, acc gear is getting insane with new post-75 gear, but PUP is being left out of the loop. I can understand not hitting as hard as other jobs, as their being multi-faceted should make them weaker, along with the automaton being stronger than the master when equipped properly. But does that mean PUPs miss far more often than other jobs? It shouldnt mean that atall. Maybe drop PUP atk and raise their accuracy so they stay balanced, but less annoyed at whiffing spams. I know people that never got the job past 10 because they were forced to overrely on their automatons to do the damage because the master couldn't hit.

The master shouldn't have any issues with accuracy unless you're fighting highly evasive NMs or gimping it up with incorrect gear/atma like so many pups ingame. The only issue with accuracy is during lvling due to limited gear choice and the ranged/mage automaton's melee accuracy, which has been partially addressed with those 10tp pet regain fists.

As for pup being OP, it's not. Not only are the numerous positives of the job still balanced by the many inherit problems with the job (unfortunately), there also hasn't been much in the way of bandwagoning like with mnk/nin/whm. At least we're in better condition than plds and drks...

[KorPoni]

The master shouldn't have any issues with accuracy unless you're fighting highly evasive NMs or gimping it up with incorrect gear/atma like so many pups ingame. The only issue with accuracy is during lvling due to limited gear choice and the ranged/mage automaton's melee accuracy, which has been partially addressed with those 10tp pet regain fists.

As for pup being OP, it's not. Not only are the numerous positives of the job still balanced by the many inherit problems with the job (unfortunately), there also hasn't been much in the way of bandwagoning like with mnk/nin/whm. At least we're in better condition than plds and drks...

I was meaning for levelling, but not the automaton having a lack of accuracy, just the master. But I'll agree with you on gear. Alot of people jump on the job with half-worthwhile gear, maybe 5 pieces for defense, and nothing else, and say the job is trash because the pet, which usually does fine low lvl without any buffs, is outclassing the master. I personally don't have accuracy problems (anymore, since the update increasing h2h skill) myself, but that doesn't mean people testing the waters with the job won't be too quickly discouraged to get into the job.

One thing I think about the job is its potential. It's not like other jobs where you throw on gear with the highest possible numbers, you're done. You hafta also equip the automaton to do its part, whether your healer or back-up DD. And that doesn't just include attachments, but how you use your maneuvers, and how well-skilled your automaton itself is in the category it's using. Meaning, if you have really good gear, and you're not doing too well, time to pour attention into that pet, because it's only as good as you make it.