Something for Puppetmasters with more time on their hands can test thoroughly;
What we know about overload;
It is the Puppetmaster that is overloaded if too many elemental maneuvers of the same type are used too often. Not the automaton. I have overloaded
many times with my Serenade and all that happens is that she won't follow my commands until overload is gone, and the message is always that I'm the
one who has been overloaded.
Based on these facts and knowing what maneuvers affect what automaton stat I've come up with some things that need testing to see if there are any
relation between master stats and automaton stats.
The first thing I have in mind for testing is Fire Manuever.
We know already that this maneuver affects automaton STR, Attack and can increase the automaton's enmity.
The tests that need to be done for this are:
Automaton equipped with only Fire based attachments
1) Puppetmaster equipped with no gear
2) Puppetmaster equipped with +STR gear (avoid any other)
3) Puppetmaster equipped with Resist vs Fire gear
4) Puppetmaster equipped with +MND gear
To explain why:
1) To create a baseline for Fire Maneuver.
2) To see if +STR affects the puppetmasters ability to hold Fire Manuever burden.
3) To see if Resist vs Fire affects the Fire Manuever burden.
4) To see if +MND can dampen the burden incurred by Fire Maneuver. (MND is tied to Water which is strong against Fire)
Some notes about how to test:
I don't know how much time has to pass by for the burden that is associated with the Maneuvers or Activate or Deploy to dissipate completely, so I
would suggest you Activate your automaton, then idle for some time (10-15 minutes?) before doing testing.
Each test should be performed several times before moving on to next, with waiting between each performance to let burden dissipate completely.
When starting the test, just do Fire Manuever as often as you can, and note how many times you can do it before overloading.
I'm not sure if it matters, but testing should also be done at higher level (20 or higher) with PUP as main job to get better statistics.
If anyone are up to helping with these tests, please post character race/gender (not sure if that matters)/main level/sub level and what gear is
used to test (both your own gear and what attachments you put on) with the results you get (assuming that the results you get show that any of test
2-4 clearly has different results from the baseline test.
The same kind of testing can be done with other maneuvers and gear later if it's shown that these tests are not worthless
My personal theory is that gear that increase STR or possibly even Attack and Enmity increases the amount of burden you can take with Fire Maneuver
and that MND gear and/or Resist vs Fire gear dampens the burden incurred from each Fire Maneuver.
If the theory holds, then it will be easier to plan what gear to get for my Serenade
If it doesn't, well... Then I'll have made a fool out of myself... again...
What we know about overload;
It is the Puppetmaster that is overloaded if too many elemental maneuvers of the same type are used too often. Not the automaton. I have overloaded
many times with my Serenade and all that happens is that she won't follow my commands until overload is gone, and the message is always that I'm the
one who has been overloaded.
Based on these facts and knowing what maneuvers affect what automaton stat I've come up with some things that need testing to see if there are any
relation between master stats and automaton stats.
The first thing I have in mind for testing is Fire Manuever.
We know already that this maneuver affects automaton STR, Attack and can increase the automaton's enmity.
The tests that need to be done for this are:
Automaton equipped with only Fire based attachments
1) Puppetmaster equipped with no gear
2) Puppetmaster equipped with +STR gear (avoid any other)
3) Puppetmaster equipped with Resist vs Fire gear
4) Puppetmaster equipped with +MND gear
To explain why:
1) To create a baseline for Fire Maneuver.
2) To see if +STR affects the puppetmasters ability to hold Fire Manuever burden.
3) To see if Resist vs Fire affects the Fire Manuever burden.
4) To see if +MND can dampen the burden incurred by Fire Maneuver. (MND is tied to Water which is strong against Fire)
Some notes about how to test:
I don't know how much time has to pass by for the burden that is associated with the Maneuvers or Activate or Deploy to dissipate completely, so I
would suggest you Activate your automaton, then idle for some time (10-15 minutes?) before doing testing.
Each test should be performed several times before moving on to next, with waiting between each performance to let burden dissipate completely.
When starting the test, just do Fire Manuever as often as you can, and note how many times you can do it before overloading.
I'm not sure if it matters, but testing should also be done at higher level (20 or higher) with PUP as main job to get better statistics.
If anyone are up to helping with these tests, please post character race/gender (not sure if that matters)/main level/sub level and what gear is
used to test (both your own gear and what attachments you put on) with the results you get (assuming that the results you get show that any of test
2-4 clearly has different results from the baseline test.
The same kind of testing can be done with other maneuvers and gear later if it's shown that these tests are not worthless
My personal theory is that gear that increase STR or possibly even Attack and Enmity increases the amount of burden you can take with Fire Maneuver
and that MND gear and/or Resist vs Fire gear dampens the burden incurred from each Fire Maneuver.
If the theory holds, then it will be easier to plan what gear to get for my Serenade
If it doesn't, well... Then I'll have made a fool out of myself... again...