[dev1243]: Question on Gifts.

[Protey]

Pets are useless in endgame until they receive party buffs. I think that's what it comes down to.
PUP really doesn't offer much that other jobs can't do better. I'd probably get invited as DRG over PUP anyday. I'm hoping that the JA delay changes will help though.
I recently jumped servers, so it could also just be that I had a bad experience on Valefor. I didn't want to get into personal reasons for not participating, just that I was echoing Jerbob's sentiment that all jobs need to feel like they can easily access content that gives CPs.

Can't pup wear full DD gear, and just set the automaton on auto-heal mode? I don't really know much about PUP, so this is just an inquiry.

[Mitruya]

Can't pup wear full DD gear, and just set the automaton on auto-heal mode? I don't really know much about PUP, so this is just an inquiry.

I feel bad for the off-topicness. ;;
PUP and BST have the tricky task of whether to gear for themselves or help the pet out a bit. Also, you need to make sure you have the right attachments and continuously spam maneuvers so the Soulsoother automaton will do it's job, keeping in mind that it prioritizes the master and itself. Unless you cycle in some water maneuvers so it will pay attention to whoever has hate. But you know, hate bounces around so much ... and the automaton doesn't cast buffs on itself and like any pet can die quickly if you can't get it positioned far back enough (and then if it's too far away it can't heal). At any rate, I wouldn't depend on it as your sole healer/buffer in an endgame situation of high difficulty.