Animator's Workshop: A Puppetmaster's Guide 2.0

like i said earlier, you can't precast auto ws.

The set you posted is a pretty good baseline. A couple Omen boss drops would be improvements: Shulmanu Collar and Niqmaduu Ring.

You also might try to cap pet gear haste without a waist and use Moonbow Belt over Klouskap (for instance, Ohtas 10%, Mantle 10%, and something else... Tali'ah feet, Heyoka head, etc.). For Kenkonken users, squeezing out some pet haste in other slots is also generally worth it (OA2-3x for master and pet makes up for the hit to stats from swapping out, say, a Herculean Feet for Tali'ah+1).

From a quick survey of the new Su3 Heyoka gear, that stuff is also all pretty good high acc hybrid gear, though I'd generally go with the set you already posted as my default (the Heyoka stuff looks nice for Stringing Pummel and V.Smite with the high amounts of crit rate and acc though)

Tali'ah Turban+1 is also not bad as a hybrid piece, nice pet STP/Acc and high master acc. I usually end up using Ryuo or master-focused Herculean Helm, but it will depend on situation and balancing master and pet stats.

Reforged AF+2/+3 is kinda meh to me from a DD perspective. Head/Hands aren't too bad though, they offer some good Acc for master and puppet as well as providing additional pet haste options (whether that's useful at all would depend on the rest of your setup).

It's not a question of speed but order. You don't control the auto by the time you know it's doing something it's already started. The best you can do if automating it is to set it to do swaps based on various statuses like pet tp or if you were doing solo stuff maybe make rules based on your actions/tp or something.

The set is mainly master tp, while keeping haste cap on pet. Mostly used in solo NM/SR/etc using hybrid tank/dps pet, or full tank pet depending on content.

Already have pet tank/pet dps only sets. Was mainly looking for upgrades mainly focused on master. Haven't been back very long and everything I do is solo/duo pretty much.
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Yeah, I tend to find that capping pet haste and then focusing on master is the way to go if you're both hitting things (which is pretty effective with Speedloaders for "self" SC with you and the puppet, and especially so for anyone with KKK for that sweet AM3 for OA2-3x on master and puppet).

If using Ohtas, my preferred hybrid TP set and a master-only set are basically the same except for swapping belt (Moonbow or Klouskap) and choosing between a fullly master-focused Ambuscade mantle or one with pet haste. KKK just requires a little more sacrifice from master-focused gear if you want to keep pet with capped gear haste. My above comments on the hybrid set still stand for master-focused stuff (look into Shulmanu and Niqmaduu as improvements, otherwise the gear really hasn't changed much since Reisenjima).

As for the pet auto dps only set you posted, a few minor suggestions:

* Enmerkar Earring is BiS by a lot. Pair it with whatever you like, probably Domesticator's but I could see some sets using Rimeice if you need the pet haste (may be the case for Kenkonken users popping off a WS for AM3 then standing back and watching the puppet).

* I generally prefer 2x Varar Rings over Varar/Thurandaut (or Thurandaut +1), unless you really need that pet acc. Then again, I ditched my Thurandaut several months back so the decision became easy for me to go with double Varars.

* Shulmanu Collar > Empath

Quick question, sorry if this was asked already but is there a cap on skillchain damage? I just wanted to know if I should be using both Speedloaders or just the highest one. Thanks for your time, and sorry again if this is a dumb question.

No cap, they do stack, not a dumb question :)

Hey, thanks for the reply. That's really helpful to know!

They do actually have a cap, 230%. The only particular relevance of this is that if you are ODing, you only need Speedloader I with OF1+2 to cap skillchain damage.

Tru, thanx for that, I can swap an attachment in my Overdrive set.

Think it matters what you have access to. I've been using this for VS.

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This is my master TP set so far (Guildwork won't refresh my profiles stuff):

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Any improvements? Herc body has TA+4 and Acc/atk. I also have herc feet/legs with TA+4 I could swap in (but need to figure this out in gearswap as I have another herc set for pet with store tp+10 on all pieces


Very similar to my current set, except I dont have Fotia gorget, so use that STR/DEX +6 and ATK +10 neck.


Absolutely loving PUP atm, just unlocked VS on Friday, and will shantotto MBing I can get about 350-400k/hour on Apex Eruca. Just got to 100 JP, and maanged to fit Tension spring IV, and man the damage difference is massive for AUTO.

Equip a flame holder and see what happens when you do water fire fire fire

4 maneuvers?

water with -overload attachment makes it so when you go water -> fire -> fire (3 maneuvers, but due to water, its been reducing overload on 3rd fire) so by the time you get to the 3rd fire, you wont overload on it.

Berlon - is that your standard tp set, your low acc set, your high acc set?

Recomending gear depends on target eva/what acc you need.In general moon belt > winbuffet belt for 99% of situations, even during tp phase. ces earring, and petrov ring are decent options.

Oh sorry, I misunderstood! Will give that a go tonight. What attachements would you recommend for that setup? I have the first +2 elemental gift from CP.


That's my apex eruca set atm, so standard i guess! Yeah? Okay cool will start using that as a replacement. I have taeon boots with acc/atk +20 and TA+2, would that beat hiza till i figure out how to gearswap in via augs?

You only need around 1050 accuracy for Apex Eruca. If those Ohtas are augmented, you are almost certainly over the point where Hizamaru are useful. Generally speaking, that set is hot garbage.

Triple Fire Flameholder is only useful if you can one shot a mob. Otherwise your automaton is going to be slow as ***at getting TP and it won't be efficient. Also, depending the speed of your kills, you're going to start having a problem with burden.

Also also! Eruca are kind of a ***target for PUP specifically. They inflict slow. If it hits your puppet you're either going to have to use repair or maintenance. Because of the frequency, you're gunna burn a lot of oil. If you can hit 1050 before food, eat some sushi or shiromochi and fight Apex Bats eith Sharpshot.

Yeah? I have midnights which im using atm with pet acc/atk +25 on it, so go with herc all the way for master rather than the hiza then? I have legs and feet wih ta+4, and could farm another pair of hands/head to try for +4 on also.

Edit: Just found this on how to specify augmented stuffs: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/comments/5mfgrk/gearswap_how_to_define_augmented_gear_terms_for/

Hmm, annoying thing is, most of my herc gear with TA+4 didn't come with acc, so if I use that, I loose about 100~ Acc from my original set and takes me down to like 970.. Guess I'm going to have to dump more gil into trying to get TA and ACC.. ;;


Edit: In the meantime I could swap to using Ohtas fulltime which should get rid of some of the ACC deficit..

Which bats? The ones in woh gates inflict attack down add have a dangerous single target tp move. Did you mean ra'kaz bats? Those are really nice but require more acc.

I'm at like 1500 jps, would love to cap my pup eventually. Curious on which approach you would suggest for efficient cp.
Which strategy? Which trusts? Which attachments? Which automaton?

So far I've been soloing jps in reisenjima to also get kill count (I only have 55k so far, two birds with one stone to unlock more vorseals yo!) But I think I was getting only... I don't remember, no more than 1000k cp/hr though, probably.
And that was with a 47% cp cape, using which greatly hinders my automaton setup.

Why are you using Midnights? Use Ohtas. The only other H2H worth using are Godhands, Condemners or KKK(Pretty much only for Omen when you aren't supported.) Midnights are a macro pieces, or a tanking piece if you're cheap or lazy.




You want accuracy. That said, using all Hercs isn't specifically the way to go. AF1+2 Helm is pretty ideal. You can get it totally solo just farming up a few cards from Omen, so there isn't any reason not to use it. If you have over 500jp, Heyoka head and legs become an option. When you need ALOT of accuracy, Ohtas+Heyoka head(Or AF1+2) and Heyoka legs will essentially cap your pets haste and let you focus all other gear for the master. But you, specifically, are not there yet.


I do mean the ones in Woh Gates. Automaton ranged attacks are kinda bizarre. Armor Shatterer+Dia 3+Slyvie's Frailty+Attuner(1x fire) means your Automaton only needs around 1400ish attack to cap against those Bats. Also, your Automaton is going to have hate, and physical damage just doesn't matter to an Automaton.

Iirc, you need about 1300 accuracy to cap against Ra'kaznar Apex bats these days. With newer gear, this is much easier to do. Tali'ah Body +1, Heyoka head(or AF1+2), Heyoka Legs and Ohtas make this camp pretty manageable for both pet and master. You don't need back or belt for pet haste either, so you're free to use Moonbow and a Dex/acc/atk/DA back for the master.

With Armor Shatterer, Dia 3, Indi-Frailty and Attuner your pet will need 1727 attack to cap.


Joining a CP party. There isn't anything efficient about soloing.

Haven't tried soloing on those bats in ages, what would make them better than Ra'kaz ones?
Also I don't have Sylvie, and which trusts use Dia3 reliably?
The part about automaton keeping hate uh, I guess with one Strobe maybe? Or just from damage dealt?

Think it should be more around 1256 but yeah, around that.

I'm not really worried about acc, especially if decide to use Othas. Which I don't do in Reisenjima (me and pet engage on different targets, they die too fast) favoring Godhands, but on Ra'kaz bats I probably would to benefit if anything at least from the useful Pet Haste +10%.

Granted I have a plethora of muled options I could swap around, my current hybrid set makes me cap 25% pet haste with Othas, Ambu cape and I forgot what else, uh, should check my Lua. Was it Ukko sash maybe? Then Pitre Tobe +1 and Omen necklace, rest of the slots are master-focused items.
A Hybrid set implies by nature accepting some compromise somewhere, back when I created my set (long time ago!) I tried to reach pet gear haste in the lowest amount of slots possible, so that I could use as many slots as possible to focus on master stats.
I suppose I could swap things around, I don't have all the best master/pet gear, but I sure do have a lot.
Anybody has a couple of updated hybrid sets to share, maybe? So I can see how far I would be from those with what I already have.


Duh... I agree with you of course! But it's not happening unless I'm with friends or I start a party myself, and even then it's quite hard to find the "necessary" jobs.
Tried to join manaburn pts but it just wasn't working despite all my different tests, maybe you remember some of them because we discussed those together here in this thread when we were reporting the unusual lack of macc on Animators.

So yeah, as much as it may sound a paradox, I was looking for the most efficient way to solo CP.
1000k cp/hr in Reisenjima is likely my best, with my average being lower, and it's pretty depressing honestly, for my standards at least.

Was using them because of the damage difference between the two, i'll swap to Ohtas then.



If i swap out the herc that doesn't have acc and with the gear I have I could use this set:

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till i get to 500 JP for SU3 access.

Also this is my current smite set:
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(Ryuo hands/feet path A: STR+10 DEX+10 Accuracy+15 and Rao path B:STR+10 DEX+10 ATT+15 Herc body with acc+26 TA+3)

I dont have access to fotia gorget yet, but do have the belt, would that be better than moonbow till I have farmed the neck?

Auto won't be able to keep up without pet haste capped and you might still be waiting. I would build around this.
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You can swap feet/waist Tali'ah Crackows +1/Moonbow belt. But I've found the previous better overall.

I dont have the +1 body for that yet (Went with +1 Jhakri for rdm/blm/sch idle) wouldn't for me swapping to Tali'ah Crackows and keeping herc for the acc/ta be the best bet? This is with cape/Ohtas with +10 haste

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