Quote Originally Posted by ChazNatlo View Post
So moving past Mystic Knight, which I've agreed to disagree with Severian (I'll circle back to it later, but for now we seem to be talking about Puppeteer), I think if I were designing PUP, rather than the Puppet be the weapon, the Puppet would be the battle effects, like the Explosions caused by a Black mage's Fire Spells, or the Reaper's Voidsent attacks. The Weapon would be a Marionette's Cross brace. The cross things a puppeteer uses to control a Marionette. As long as the Player's movement's with the brace are lively enough, it should be suitable as a caster class, or a ranged one. I cannot fathom the mechanic, and honestly I have no personal desire for the class, it'll probably sit at level 80*. But I can see it working.
This really feels like you're just describing Summoner.

I still disagree that anything resembling PUP in XIV has to adhere to a puppet master job fantasy, but I especially do not see why the "puppet" in any iteration would be utilized as a spell rather than a pet. If it blinks in and out of existence like RPR's avatar, then why would the devs try to flavor it as a puppet instead of something like animism or illusions?