Jul 26, 2011

Batched Power Attacks

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The Official Mafia Wars Blog has made a post titled Another Fighting Performance Update! They aren't talking about changes we saw last week regarding the fightlist (1). This update focuses on a feature they are calling Batched Power Attacks. Nothing has changed regarding the amount of stamina used per attack or the amount of damage per attack. You will just see the damage you did less frequently and it will be batched rather than individual. The expected result of the change is to reduce processing errors and screen locking.

"The fix decreases the likelihood of the game locking up while you are in the heat of battle and reduces the glitchiness of the feedback that aggressive fighters receive when clicking the “Power Attack” button in rapid succession. These issues are addressed by batching Power Attacks to achieve better performance./The Official Mafia Wars Blog

Here is an image from one of the very early beta testers of this feature.
Obviously adjustments were made and according to players on the Mafia Wars Fan Page and my own experience, the damage seems to be showing up tripled. You will only notice this if you are attacking super fast. I did get way fewer processing errors so this is a positive change.

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4 comments:

  1. cool you can really piss away a lot of stamina when it locks up

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  2. does this mean we will be getting less notices from the Zgods that our account is being watched even all we are doing is fighting with a laptop mouse...which can be clicked faster...
    D2A GF Forgiven One
    Bill

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  3. only one issue with this unless u are keepin track of your stamina whos to say u are actualy hittin them that many times.they say batched i say botched . zynga does stuff like this for a reason waisted stamina means only one more thing more rp spendin

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  4. The devs must have liked Battlefield's new Rapid Fire option :)

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