Crime Spree Loot Update Needed

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Zynga logic continues to amaze me. In the span of one day, we saw new additions in the game for Secret Stashes, Wars and Boss Fights. The one feature that players have been screaming for an update is the Crime Spree. Cole, aka Crazy Dragon, readily admitted that some things in the game get ignored because there just isn't enough time for the developers to work on them (1). I have an idea. Stop adding new things that players don't want to the game! To demonstrate how bad the Crime Spree feature is, I decided to go in. I forgot how to get there and it took a little time to figure it out. The Crime Spree tab can be found on your Profile Page.

I opened up all my safes and recorded the results which were pathetic. The experience was a total waste of clicks.

If you go to the Mafia Wars Wiki Crime Spree Page, you will see there is quite a variety of loot. There are 2 generations and items from both are till contained in the safes.
(modified images from the Mafia Wars Wiki)

First Generation 

2nd Generation

I had 17 safes to open and here is what I got. I expected to get crappy items because that's all that exists. I thought there would be more variety. To learn more about the useless mastery items, visit the wiki page referenced above. 

If you have too many safes to open manually, check out the Crime Spree Opener bookmarklet on the Spockholm Mafia Tools Experimental Page. Please post your run results on the Mafia Wars Loot Lady Fan Page as I would love to check them out. I didn't have enough safes to need it.

To make this adventure even more comical, I was given the option to buy more Crime Spree loot items with Reward Points. I feel sorry for new players who might not realize that all Crime Spree items are worthless. I probably would have purchased these when I first started playing if I didn't know any better.

The only useful function of the Crime Spree, which has seen it's fair share of nerfs, is the bonus of energy or experience you get when you send one of your mafia members a Crime Spree gift of crap loot. 

You can respond to as many Crime Spree requests as you want, but you can only get 5 bonuses a day. These are often used by players when they are very close to leveling up. It would be sad to see them go which is why players aren't pushing for Zynga to eliminate the Crime Spree feature.

Crime Spree request links can be created on the Link-a-Nator and are readily available on the Get-a-Nator. This really comes in handy when you decide to want to utilize the energy or stamina bonuses. Otherwise it's difficult to find 5 requests because we are usually drowned in all the other requests.

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. All material is protected by copyright law