Valoredge

Well, my Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii has been keeping me pretty busy, but I managed to sneak in enough time to get my PUP to level 30 and pick up the last frame I didn't have, the Valoredge (melee) frame. I soloed to 28 then two pts got me to lvl 30. I also parsed those pts, so let's take a looksy:


Okay so for this pt, I'm obviously on PUP, as is Stupidmonkey. My automaton is set to Sharpshot and his (Kenbishi) is Valoredge. The others are WAR/MNK (Yoshino), NIN/WAR (Fenren), and DRK/WAR (Reys). We were fighting Gob Furriers by the outpost in Yuhtunga Jungle.

Things started poorly because the WHM didn't have Barfira so we ended up wiping. I homepointed, bought her the spell, came back to help Raise, and we picked up pretty quickly. For food, I used Rice Dumplings with charges on both a Vision and Mighty Ring. I didn't really notice what the others used, if anything. These numbers kinda surprised me, I think the other melee just weren't that well-equipped because Calcobrena outparsed the WAR and almost outparsed the DRK alone, not even factoring in my damage. But these are low levels so I guess just equipping well and eating food sets you apart, though the numbers from Calcobrena were somewhat surprising.


On to the lvl 29 to 30 pt. This one was a little bit closer. We were fighting mandies in Yhoator. The other members were SAM/WAR (Stuberger), BRD/WHM (Renion), NIN/WAR (Raesvelg), BLM/WHM (Marcux), and Synn, the same WHM from the last pt. These results were more of what I was expecting. The SAM was well-equipped and ate I think sushi. I ate the same thing and used the same ring, replacing Mighty with Raja's when I hit 30. I still managed to outparse the SAM, which was pretty cool.

Other than that, not much to report. We killed some more jailers and that's about it. I haven't really been playing much. I figure I'd end my post with a look at the various gear setups I use on PUP for both myself and for my automaton:

Weapon: Claws +1
Range: Automator
Ammo: Automaton Oil +1
Head: Empress Hairpin (todo: get Merc Cpt Headgear from conquest points for xp pt/ws headgear)
Neck: Spike Necklace
Earrings: Beetle Earring +1s (Dodge Earrings for soloing)
Body: Mercenary Captain Doublet
Hands: Battle Gloves
Rings: Rajas / Vision Ring
Back: Cotton Cape +1 (todo: get Sarcenet or Midnight Cape when one shows up in AH)
Waist: Silver Obi +1 (not really sure what else to do here, maybe Merc Cpt Belt)
Leg: Martial Slacks
Feet: Savage Gaiters (Air Soleas for soloing, macro Savage for ws)

Range Automaton:
Tension Spring I and II (increases attack)
Scope (increases ranged accuracy)
Shock Absorber (uses Stoneskin)
Armor Plate (increases defense)
Stabilizer I and II (increases accuracy)
Heatsink (reduces overloads from fire maneuvers)
Auto-Repair Kit II (regen when light maneuver is on)
Flashbulb (uses Flash)
Stealth Screen (reduces enmity)
Accelerator II (increases evasion)

For this frame I always have wind and fire maneuver going and as needed will put on earth for stoneskin or otherwise have light on for flash and hp regen.

Solo Automaton (Valoredge Head, Stormwaker Body):
Tension Spring I and II (increases attack)
Shock Absorber (uses Stoneskin)
Armor Plate II
Mana Booster (casts more frequently)
Stabilizer I and II (increases accuracy)
Auto-Repair Kit I (regen while light maneuver is on)
Damage Gauge (casts cures sooner rather than waiting for my hp to get lower)
Flashbulb (casts Flash)
Mana Tank (refresh while dark maneuver is on)
Mana Converter (ghetto Convert)

For this frame I usually have fire, light, and dark maneuvers on at all times, sometimes earth for stoneskin.

There are a few more attachments I'd like, with Attuner (the higher the target's level compared to yours, the higher your automaton's damage) being at the top of the list. But it's almost never in the AH and it's hella expensive so it'll probably have to wait Oh wells. Are you tired of hearing about PUP yet? :(