pup, where did you go wrong.

[Cabalabob]

In response to more OP ignorance, a BST itself can actually put out some decent damage. Prior to the new jugs, a BST was actually stronger than their pet (if they were geared decently and knew how to play the job). The only pet job that is pretty useless without the pet is actually Summoner. Beastmaster can still actually put out some decent damage on its own.

^ this, for pet jobs, smn does nothing pet does everything, drg is the exact opposite pet is pretty useless except to grant buffs and a bit of its own dmg, bst is weaker than pet but still useful, pup is stronger than it's pet but the pet is still useful.

If you think about it without the pup being a melee it would be a pointless job in the game, smn is already a pet reliant class, and none of the pup frames bring anything an actual job of that class couldn't do better, the pup being a decent fighter is what makes pup useful, pup's kinda like a mnk with an adventuring fellow. Except the puppet is actually helpful...