Quote Originally Posted by Dfoley
Not true at all sorry, if your using a blm pet and arent using specific attachments (icemaker, loud speaker 1 and loud speaker 2) you aren't doing it right. If you dont have one of them fine, but there is really only 1 set of ice attachments you should be going for. Sure there is more variability with melee frames, but there are still certain attachments you will always want.
Blindly following one method is doing it wrong. Knowing what you're fighting, who you're fighting it with, and reading the ebb and flow of battle is how you truly command and work with the Automaton.

For example, there have been plenty of times where hate control was an issue, and using a fully powered Ice Maker'd nuke would have thrown the whole fight out of whack - such as taking aggro, bringing the monsters over to the mages where I parked the Automaton, and causing deaths. Using Mana Booster + Loudspeaker I & II allowed me to let the Automaton nuke away more often and safely under the hate threshold.