Hi there, welcome to the boards. I can't answer that question since I'm mainly a BST or a DNC but we have some very talented players on this board who I'm sure can answer that question.
Hello and welcome. On my pup I mostly soloed so far. Personally when I did party I acted as a melee DD with my pup using the ranged attack one. I would setup your autmaton based on what the rest of the party lacks and/or whatever the mob's weakness is. Also, attachments are your friend. You will only need one of the attachments and you can trade them to the npc Tateeya in Whitegate (I-7) at lvl 1 pup. She will add it to your autmaton and you can equip it according to your needs. For more information about attachements I recommend this: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Category:Automaton_Attachments Some are easy to get while others are not. Good luck with it.
Hello and welcome to QCDN. A great place to learn things about jobs is limitbreakradio. They are a podcast and they have episodes on nearly every job now. You can check it out at www.limitbreakradio.com click on the Listen tab at the top and I think the Puppet master episode is called Episode 12: Running With Scissors. Good luck!
Welcome, and good luck with PUP. Its an awesome job, but subject to the lolPUP stigma just like DRG in the past. Take it from personal experience, PUP can be an awesome DD when properly equipped, especially the RNG automaton. Ive seen combined damage of 1300+ (Howling Fist + Armor Piercer) on Imps and Colibri. The hardest part is leveling it up tho so I wish you the best!
Hello and welcome, I would say if there was one thing I wish I had thought about better while lvling my pup its, which frame I got when. You get a new frame at 10,20,30. Make sure you pick them in the order you plan to use them. I am with the others though, I had the most fun with my Rng auto.