My look at Affection

Today, I finally got myself one of the new affection krafties. I found myself a very healthy looking Felion (No affinity, but good stats) and merged her with a very well made Affection soul, giving me a very cute, very pink kitty I named Sephra.

Me and my Sephra!

So tonight I took little Sephra around to try her on for size; however, I went and did something risky and pitted her against a level 12 wild giant Lunaris. Sephra did show me what a bit of talent these affection creatures can do if managed right.

For one, what they lack in attack power, they make up for staying power. Combat wise, Affection based creatures don't pack much of a punch...more like a sissy slap. Still, when you got a giant Lunaris going full bore down on your pet, you find out just how useful their spells can be. Sephra in fact has both Low and Med heal (heals health equal to 1x to 3x your crafting level respectively) as well as a handy little protect buff, (increases defense on self or a friendly Kraftie by a random amount temporarily.) This will no doubt come in handy when you're helping a new player stay alive or just walking around, buffing other players while getting much needed crafting xp in the process.

Affection pets are going to be a unique little group that requires some special strategy. Soloing them are going to be tricky, but thanks to their heal and defense buffs, they at least can take a lot of punishment. Just don't expect many short quick battles with these guys. They do have the advantage of being excellent support creatures, which when PVP comes out, will be something players will look for when people start forming battle clans for tournaments or competitions.

Let me know what you think of Affection or if you got some ideas for battle strategies as well. PvP is still new so any advice will be handy.

Keep on Krafting!