Thank you very much for the updates, I added them to my opening post.

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All frames are unlockable but they are est midnight wait times.

Fingers crossed guys, today may be the day we get our Automatons back

if server stops restarting can test

Preliminary:

Stepped into S. Gusta. Used Activate. Automaton HP bar appears - but they are not visible. Deploy, Fight, Retrive seemed to do nothing (sub BST for Fight).

used Fight - Sharpshot frame killed a Bee from somewhere unseen. Deploy still had no reaction on second Bee, but Fight caused them to attack again. Puppet took damage, so resetting CDs and will update more.

second attempt: Activate works, summons Frame correctly.

Deploy not working. Fight works, Automaton gaining skill, melee attack only. Maneuver didn't work (maybe he shut off, don't know). DAD worked fine. Just saw message from Nas, so no more testing.

Using activate and seeing the health bar and not seeing your Automaton was a common bug since I started playing about 6 months ago, it occurs (from what I have been able to deduce) when your Automaton actually spawns underground. The automaton also would spawn with 0 skill and none of the benefits from the frame or head or any other modifiers. The only way I was able to fix this in the past was if I used activate and my Automaton didn't spawn next to me, was to immediately use Deactivate, zone, zone back in to where you were and activate it again. Sometimes it took a few tries but eventually it worked.

Still what little testing I've seen been done is pretty disheartening. Hopefully it was some bugs and when the patch is actually implemented the way Nas anticipated we'll have some progress, but at the moment with:

1. Automaton spawning invisible or underground.
2. Deploy not working.
3. Maneuvers not working.
4. Having to sub /BST to use the automaton

We are worse off than we were 6 months ago. At least Maneuvers were still working at that point.

The one positive is that it's actually being worked on, we just have to wait and see. I miss my Automaton.

So for the live code testing done in gusgen mines
Activate, Deactivate, Deploy work properly
Melee, Ranged Attack work
Spells and WS were added to all frames but AI is weird and wont use
Automaton skill ups work
Some Attachments work and do increase effects as maneuvers are stacked ie Tension spring, Stabilizer, Auto-repair kit. Attack, Accuracy, Regen are enhanced the more Maneuvers you have
Sharpshot and mage frames are perfectly happy to stay at range if deployed around 15 yalms away

Wow, actually much more then I originally expected. That's great. If the WS and spell issue is solved, and some attachment work here and there, the job is in good shape. That's exciting news. Getting WS/Spells is probably the big one, and making sure DAD functions properly as that's a big deal for endgame PUP.

Very exciting news indeed! Deploy freeing up our subjob is a huge deal, along with Ranged attacks working. I don't expect all of the attachments to work right now, but stat increasing and buff attachments working is exciting. I suspect the AI altering Attachments are the most difficult part of getting PUP to work, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.

I'll be doing some testing today and updating the thread, thanks for the initial info.

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