Feb 15, 2011

More on FHEL4 Drop Rates

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Yesterday I posted some FHEL4 drop rates and compared them to the rate I got on my account from the first day they were introduced into the game (1).  I showed the settings on Brawler that I used and was asked on my fan page why I didn't have the Power Attack feature enabled.  Honestly, I never thought to use it.  This got me wondering if it would make a difference in the drop rates so I repeated the run today enabling the Power Attack.
Wow, it's as if the run went 5 times faster! I wish I would have done this months ago.  Anyways the run can be seen below.  I found that my rates compared to yesterday have increased dramatically.  Out of 16,473 won fights, I got 76 FHEL4 items.  This is a drop rate of  0.46% which is even better than the baseline rate of 0.24%.

February 14th
Drop Rate = 0.24%
Yesterday my drop rate was 0.086%.  For about the same amount of fights won as today (16,242), I only got 14 items.  I can't say if the Power Attack feature has anything to do with this because Zynga has been working on the drop rate issue. They are aware that nobody is happy and I'm hoping it's been adjusted. I can only report on my account and others may not get the same results. I did notice that using the Power Attack feature increased my win rate from 97% to 98% and this makes sense because more stamina is devoted to players that you can beat.
February 13th 
Drop Rate = 0.086%
A question that came up on the Facebook & Zynga Podcast was if the rates of Victory Coins has been changed.  Lets look at the run I did on January 27th and compare it to the one above.  Looks like one win was equal to 4.78 Victory Coins on the 27th and 5.06 today. These both round to 5 so it doesn't look like much has changed in the last 18 days.

January 27th
1 VC/4.78 Wins

February 14th
1VC/5.06 Wins
I went way back and found a run from Nov 7th of last year and you can see there really hasn't been much change in regards to Victory Coins.

November 7th
1VC/5.11 Wins

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.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    What does FHEL4 mean?

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    What City do you use when running Brawler? Does the drop rates of FHEL4 depends on which city your are on for brawling?
    §ilent Assassin ☠MENACE☠

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    FHEL4 - Fight High End Loot, 4th (and strongest) set

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  4. George W.February 15, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    I believe FHEL4 is Fighting High End Loot 4.

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  5. katranFebruary 15, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    cuba is interesting

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  6. RayFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    you should set your brawler to mafia 501-501.. this way it will only attack people with a 501 mafia..the only way FHEL4 drops. don't want to waste stam on attacking lesser level players

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    I agree with Ray; I have brawler set to 501-501 for the best loot items (FHEL4) to drop. Rate is low as other ppl have commented. Have heard from others that city does not matter; my own settings are for Bangkok since I am almost done there and limited to "cash from same city" and levels 200-1000 (am level 623), usu. only lose 1% or less, and power attack.
    Of course we all know, MMV! lol..
    ~smiley corbeau

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    Does anyone know if the target is iced, would the FHEL4 loot still drop? I have been experimenting a little and it looks like I get better drop rate if I skip the iced targets.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    awww are u gay ray ?

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  10. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Yes, the target must have 501 AND be alive for FHEL to drop. So, yes, skip iced targets.

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