Upcomming changes

[Marada]

With these new attachments they open up the realm of being able to customize our automatons again in order to keep up with today's higher level content. I would say that we have the best chance of actually getting in to stuff or at least doing well on our own to get what we need.

[Nezha]

Valoredge should be overcapping PDT (87.5%) already with 3 maneuvers, innate PDT, and gear, next update allows him to cap in 2 maneuvers or less if Roja's speculations are correct.

Total: 91% PDT (87.5% Cap):

Armor Plate I&II: 15-40%
Innate+Stout Servant III (99): 15%
Gear: 36%
(SoA ring(3)/isa belt(3)/shepherds chain(2)/magian H2H(11)/MKD head(10)/handler's earring(3)/handler's earring +1 (4))

[Nezha]

Assuming Roja is right and you can equip all three attachments after spending job points on capacities:
1 earth maneuver= 42.5%
Innate/Stout= 15%
Gear= 25~36% depending on H2H (Ohrmazd pet PDT might be useful over magian)
Total:82.5~87.5%
You'd still be able to use wind/Fire for DPS/enmity and other gear slots for master's DPS or capping pet haste, which will make him a very viable tank.

[Nezha]

I'm pretty confident that Shock Abs. II will be phalanx, but if not I hope it has separate cast time than SA I. I'm pretty satisfied on what this update will do for Valoredge, assuming everything above holds true. Now Soulsoother needs Curagas, Stormwaker needs Refresh II/Frazzle II/Distract II/Dia III/Slow II/Blind II/Paralyze II, and ability to haste II/Refresh II others under water maneuver, Sharpshot needs correct TP return from Barrage Turbine, double shot attachment, and increase in base ranged attack damage, Spiritreaver needs increased magic damage or nuking AI for balance, and Harlequin needs a lot of work.

[Marada]

Nezha, you sir are a person asking for something that SE will probably never give us. Nuking AI for our BLM puppet? I only bring out my BLM pup when I want to BS around in abyssea for fun. Which is a shame I should probably be finding better uses for it, but I'm a failPUP at the moment. So far the only two frames I've been using were Sharpshot and Stormwaker. Which sucks because I really want to use my Valoredge but I can't keep it alive long enough to do anything, that and it's cannibal blade just isn't getting the HP return that I need it too.

[Nezha]

You should make a Cannibal Blade set, I have most of my sets posted on ffxiah, I get anywhere from 850-1000+ from it. Beside that I was only stating options of how to improve frames going forward with the ultimate goal of making us useful in a party setting, could just as easily give Spititreaver higher magic dmg to balance out what a BLM could do spamming Stone over time.