Ho Ho No
Mega Pack
Cookie Katar (T8 Dagger)
Grand Christmas Tree / Santa’s Postbox (Outdoor Decoration)
Christmas Present / Treehead (Avatar Items)
Blueprints
Nothing exciting but it is cheap ascension fodder at least for the dagger line. Two different primary resources makes this pretty awkward to fit in a crafting rotation. Items like this can be tricky to work with but will be really handy if you have this specific need.
From a crafting perspective
Yay more metal blueprints! Just what we needed on top of the all the metal ones from the Black Friday packs! and the previous seasonal pack too
Jokes aside, this item can drop down to requiring only three Essence via both Mastery and Ascension. This makes it a surprisingly strong crafting option.
From a meta perspective
Attack secondary on heavy armor items is automatically going to be pretty niche as they’re mostly only useful on Samurai, the occasional offensively-minded Fighters, and maybe Spellblades. If you have a hero that fits this description and they’re not already using Eternity Gauntlets, then go for it. Otherwise you can probably pass – the Gauntlet slot isn’t typically very high impact.
Decorations
Avatar Items
Superior Pack
Gingerbread Wall (Wallpaper)
Candy Cane (Flooring)
Blueprints
From a crafting perspective
We have a Wood craft which is always a nice change from all the metal items. It needs a lot of Boreal Gales, but you can cut that almost in half with Ascension.
From a Meta perspective
If you’re using a Titan Spirit on your weapon, then Titan Shotkeeper is slightly better than this one. If you’re not using a Titan (or you have it somewhere else), then this is a direct upgrade. If your Bow user needs a little Defense, then consider sticking with Bloodmoon Nemesis.
Flooring/Wallpaper
Summary
- Two T14 items that are marginally better than stuff we’ve gotten before.
- This pack is a tree-mendous example of how Affinity is designed to thematically fit the item, not its actual use-case.
how the heck do we have three premium bows before we have one wand this tier?
Final Score
Mega Pack: 6/10
Superior Pack: 5/10
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2 replies on “Impackt: Christmas 2024”
Thanks Archon! Seems like a wand would have been thematically appropriate 😉
They really need to expand the number of items in a megapack to help keep up with the vast number of paid blueprint lines. Especially if they’re as lackluster as the last few packs have been.