A few posts down, I outlined the war rewards and pointed out that we are intended to get 5 of them a day. The rules are quite clear. Help as many friends as you want but you will only get a helper rewards for the first 5 during a war period (16 hours).
The helper reward was a Cataclysmic and I took a screen shot of it in my inventory before and after I helped and finished the war. In case you ask, yes I refreshed the page before checking the second time. I did not receive the loot item even though the notification told me I did. Now that I've shown that all players are NOT receiving an unlimited amount of helper items, the question should be addressed as to why and how some players do. I'll let Zynga figure that one out.
The next thing that should be addressed is a statement I made that was criticized by a few. I recommended that since you can only receive 5 loot items in the war time frame that you should only help with those wars that offer the best loot for your character. This joker below even called me an asshole! I think someone who posts anonymously is a coward and a douchebag.
I never said not to help your mafia members. You can save the window and go back once you finish your five. I would prefer that my own mafia do the same to me if I had a war that offered a crappy loot item. I would rather my mafia get stronger than win a war which would only yield me 2 crappy loot items. Remember there is no penalty for losing. Besides if your wars aren't being finished in a a timely fashion and you are losing because a few of your mafia decided to come back to you in a few minutes than you need to get a better mafia. I declared a war and refreshed the page. By the time I got to the war page again the war was over.
The same goes for most of my mafia members when I try to help from the news feed. Here is a request that was posted less than a minute before I tried to help.
It was said that I write subjective articles and that is 100% true. I do check my facts before posting any information and I have and will continue to be wrong at times. A blog is subjective by nature so if you don't like my opinions, I suggest you stop reading. My blog has been viewed over 2.5 million times and I would prefer that additional visits come from those who want to help and offer better advice than calling me an asshole!
| Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast. |
As of yet, I've not received this notice but my mini account has. I loathe, despise, detest that not everyone is playing the same game!!!! As far as wars go, I've always felt they were a bit inane -- first we were supposed to attack people in our mafia and we got 3 points each time we helped in a war. Now, people need wars for missions or do them just because they're mad at someone. I've never taken the time to see if the rewards actually show in my inventory or if I have to spam the newsfeed with 'mission accomplished' to collect.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I appreciate the information you post and the podcast. Thanks much!
I don't go back and check the rewards that often maybe once a day or so but I assist in alot of wars and the pop up reward window always shows that I've won on everyone except the losses. So after 5 I'm not really getting the others that are on that list? If that's true, then zynga has screwed up royally.
ReplyDeleteYou do a lot for the mafia wars community! You don’t deserve comments like that at all!!! Please ignore the idiots.. a lot of people me included rely on you for information. PS – Still have my Xmas loot :)
ReplyDeletehere here, i pm'd you as per my previous comment about the war loots with some more info and i trust you to do what you will with it. PLeas do not think you ar enot appreciated by the majority because you to peopl liek me are as importand as pistol pete or anyone else in the community.
ReplyDeleteLet this be an end to all the drama and lets get out there and ice some enemies peeps lol
There's nothing wrong with not joining a war if the loot wont help you. Leave the slot for someone who can make use of it. I support your comments LootLady and thank youfor some useful guides.
ReplyDeletecheck ur loot and what ur using in fights...u'll be surprised at what Zynga is not allowing u to use... your strength is false... HUGE ISSUE i submitted to them... we'll see if they come thru w.an explaination... doubtful.
ReplyDeleteJen~ I feel sorry I didn't leave a comment after that douche posted and left you some unflattering comments. All loyal readers of your blog know that you are looking out for the MW community and were giving us options on how to try to gather loot efficiently with Declared Wars. Loyal readers will also know that you've pointed out in other situations where you might want to use discretion when helping a MW member and received the same snarky comments with your feedback. Thanks again for a great blog.
ReplyDeletethe problem for skipping a war is most of them (true to mine) end in seconds. good loot, bad loot..doesn't matter. I did skip war with low stats reward, months back, but i fell bad because a friend may lose his war, so rather than picking high stats reward, i choose to be helpful.
ReplyDeleteJennifer, you keep on writing. We can never be perfect with everything, as they change the rules too quickly. The work you do is appreciated by 99% of the Mafia Wars community and like they say you cant please everyone all of the time. Keep up the great work you do on your blog & your podcast we do appreciate you.
ReplyDeleteJennifer I think you do a fabulous job here and most of us know what hard work it is. There will always be some you can not please and that is why there are other choices for them. You just stick true to yourself and you will have continued success. I am thankful for all that you do here, Mahalo and aloha to you. Mia
ReplyDeleteyou can satisfy some of the people some of the time but you car,nt satisfy all of the people all of the time. you are the first page i open when i come onto mafia wars as you are always up to date with everything & without your help with bookmarks & advice i would not be a top mafia now thank you very much for all your help. just ignore people like that he probably lives in a padded cell.
ReplyDeleteIs anyone knows the ratio for the loots about Declaring a War? How many days it will take us to collect 10 Hack N Slash (100 days???)
ReplyDeleteNicely Worded Jen.
ReplyDeleteKeep Up The Good Work!!!
@ anon how many days to get 100 hack and slashes? Ummm 100/5=20 days + whatever drops from your own wars
ReplyDeleteThere is a gm script for doing wars and ive tried it but to get 5 of what u want can take hours!!
-Bossy Don
I think the loot from wars is secondary to helping a mafia friend. I do not even look at the loot anymore... I just "get in" click and I am out.
ReplyDeleteThis goes out to not only to you Loot Lady but also Bossy and all the others out there who blog on Mafia Wars. I get on MW everyday and then once I am caught up with everything, I head straight here and to Top Mafia to see what is going on. I give you and Bossie all the credit for the free skill points I get and love and rely on your advise on the game. I also love the humor you put into your blogs and look forward to reading your posts. Forget the losers who are too low in IQ to understand what you are posting and just know that 99% of your readers like me, are thankful for for your time and effort that you put into these.
ReplyDeleteJennifer, you are doing a brilliant job, which is really appreciated. Keep it on and thanx for every single effort you make!
ReplyDelete..in fact, your blog here is the only(!) blog i read :)
..and abt the wars: i'm still trying to achieve that 500 wars achievement for so much time, 'cuz my mafia family members are so quick, that i hardly have a chance to participate and help at all. So, i absolutely agree with you (especially, if a player already helped in 500 wars) that he/she better not participate and let others do so in order to get the achievement.
thank you very much again!