OMG, enough with the new crap already. I refuse to spend anymore time trying to figure everything out so the Customer Support document will need to be good enough. Questions can be asked on the Mafia Wars Loot Lady Fan Page and I will make a follow up post when I feel like it. For now here is a reprint. Feel free to make corrections in the comments. Go here to check for updates.
Family Battles
Updated 09/16/2011 at 02:51
Q: What is the Family Battle all about?A: This feature will allow your Family to engage in battle with other Families to earn rewards in pursuit of proving which Family has the most muscle. Q: Who can start a Family Battle?A: The Family Battle can only be started by the Godmother/father or Underboss. Q: How do we select a Family to go to battle with?A: You will be able to select from Families who have similar rank or ice count. Q: Is there a limit on the number of Battles that we can be engaged in at the same time?A: Your Family can only be engaged in one Battle at a time. Q: How are the results of our Battles displayed?A: Up to 5 previous Battle results will be displayed and will show the winner/loser, ice count, and score. Q: How is the progress for our Family Battle measured?A: The mastery bar is increased for each Family after each Battle that has been engaged. Wins will result in higher mastery, however, the Family will still earn some mastery even if they incur a loss. Q: What is the Family icon and what does it mean?A: Mastery Badges are awarded to Families at each mastery level. Every Family will start at level 1. Q: What is the maximum mastery level that can be earned?A: Initially there are 15 mastery levels/badges that a Family can earn. This number may be increased over the lifetime of this feature. Q: Will our Family be able to brag about reaching a new mastery level?A: Yes! Each time that you reach a new level you will have the option of posting a brag feed to your profile. Q: Are there different types of Battles?A: Each Family will be able to engage in two types of Battle. When the Godmother/father decides to engage in Battle with another Family they will have the option of selecting between a 4 hour battle or a 48 hour battle. Q: What happens after our Family has chosen another Family to do Battle with?A: After making your selection for Battle an email will be sent to the opposing Family. They will have the option to decline the battle or engage your challenge. Should the Battle be rejected you will receive a notification that they have declined. Q: How many active requests to engage a Battle can my Family have?A: Each Family can have up to 10 active Battle requests at any time. Q: Is there an expiration for the Battle requests that have been sent?A: Each request will expire after 5 days. Q: What will happen if we are engaged in a Battle and one of our other requests is accepted?A: That Family will receive a notification that you are currently engage in another Battle. Q: Are there timers for the Battles?A: There will be two distinct timers for each Battle. The first timer is a countdown timer that will let you know when the Battle begins. Any activity during this countdown will not count towards to the Battle. The Battle Timer (4 or 48 hour) will start when the countdown timer concludes. You will have until this timer runs out to defeat your opponent. Q: How will we know who is winning the Battle?A: There is a Battle Status Meter which will show you the current score and the time remaining in the Battle. Q: How do I participate in the Family Battle?A: On the Family page you will need to click the Battle tab. It will show your active battle and generate a list of participants. You can engage each opposing Family member individually, or if there are not any currently available you can attack the Family directly. Q: What will determine who wins the Battle?A: Each Family member can earn points towards winning the Battle by icing, killing, and attacking the opposing teams fortress. If the timer runs out before the Battle has been finished the Family with the highest score will win. When the Battle has been completed a pop-up will show a summary of the Battle. Q: What is the fortress?A: The fortress is a way to attack the Family directly if there are no live targets in the opposing Families fight list. The fortress attack button is only available when there are no live targets and will not be visible if there are players in the fight list for the opposing Family. Q: What do we receive for taking part in a Family Battle?A: Each fight action taken will earn individual fight experience along with fight loot. Your Family will also receive Family Battle mastery points for both wins, and losses. |
| 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. |
HELL TO THE NO!!!! I play 10 hours a day and I cant keep up now! Don't bother asking AMEX I will be declining them all!!
ReplyDelete"OMG, enough with the new crap already. I refuse to spend anymore time trying to figure everything out so the Customer Support document will need to be good enough."
- Could not agree more Jen!
Holy crap....Zynga jumped the Shark!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part... "Should the Battle be rejected you will receive a notification that they have declined." Since when has mafia wars been polite.....lmfao!
Peta... love you girl....I think zynga thinks we are like little smurfs and they got us working all day and night! They've killed the game!
ReplyDeleteLucy xx
Appears the FAQ has been moved or removed (link not working); hopefully this whole idea went with it!
ReplyDeleteThey can't get the $hit they have going on now to work right !
ReplyDelete"HELL TO THE NO!!!!"
ReplyDeleteDitto to the max!
May actually be an opportunity here for Families to send a message to Zynga - by greeting this thing with a huge "yawn" and otherwise completely ignoring it, not sending or accepting any requests for it. I'm pretty sure that all three of the families that I'm involved with would happily go along with that.
Are you fecking Kidding me??? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ! ! !
ReplyDeleteMr. Bill.. XP
FeeFee - [WISE] Godmother = dont bother asking us as I too will be declining them all. There is too much going on now to be able to play the game in the fun way we used to. All this new stuff makes the game dull and hard work, whatever happened to the fun mafia game we used to play !
ReplyDeleteFeeFee - [WISE] Godmother = dont bother asking us as I too will be declining them all. There is too much going on now to be able to play the game in the fun way we used to. All this new stuff makes the game dull and hard work, whatever happened to the fun mafia game we used to play !
ReplyDeleteI think somethings they do are good, (but not enough) but there is way too much happening and has been that way for a while and this game has become even more demanding, and they have turned it into a full time job, even then you cant get everything done. I am surprised you have been able to cope and keep up with everything thus far, so a job well done Jen, thank you. Let's hope they can turn it back into the good old days when all we did was fight, but i suppose as long as everyone is doing the things that keep popping up, they will never stop and will drive us all insane.
ReplyDeleteactually i do not mind this it looks cool you dtill do not have to use this feature if you do not like it
ReplyDeleteha ha ha ha,more crap
ReplyDeleteThe little folks get ragged on for not getting their ices, then for not fighting the bosses, etc etc etc...gimme a break
ReplyDeleteHell to the yeah!
ReplyDeleteThis is BRILLIANT!!!
Putting the war back into Mafia Wars. The way things were going they'd soon have needed to change the name of the game to "Mafia Team Building Exercise". Forget all the other crap and focus exclusively on this. :)
ZYNGA'S ANSWER TO FIXING THE GAME """"""""" ADD MORE WAIST OF TIME CRAP.......... BULL.
ReplyDeleteEnough already fix everything before u make something new. No wait just fix everything and make it work. You can start with making family chat more stable. What is wrong with Zynga? Who is leading the team and game developers? Are they trying to kill this game. There is too much to do, it's becoming annoying big time!!!!
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY a WASTER of TIME!!!
ReplyDeleteALL CLANS -FAMILIES should BOYCOTT this feature.
JENN- your comments [OMG, enough with the new crap already. I refuse to spend anymore time trying to figure everything ect]
GOOD ON YOU-!!!!
AGAIN, I urge- ALL CLANS- FAMILIES, FIGHT CLUBS ect- to BOYCOTT this feature
"ENOUGH is ENOUGH, Zynga"
Susan Wells
GM-[ஜTHXஜ]
lol! mafia wars players gotta be the most whiny community in any game ever!
ReplyDelete10 hours a day!?.. are you fkn kidding me ?
How could you possible spend 10 hours a day on mafia wars ?
I go through the free 4 energy packs + occasional buying extras.. every day + 2x brazil property refills + the extra lvl refill i get from maxing out all family quests + doing +100k in boss fights and completing every single mission & event spawning up.. all in about 2 hours of daily gameplay.
Stop fkn whining and improve your own skills instead, being a slow poke is your own fault not Zynga's.
"HELL TO THE NO!!!!"
ReplyDeleteI am with you on this one Peta they can shove it where the sun don't shine
It might not be a bad feature if there wasn't so many other things going on. Zynga needs to start working smarter and not harder. They have changed this GAME into a job. My advice to Zynga is to just simplify the game, stop adding things on top of one another and let us play again. We all miss the stupid simple game that it was when it first came out, we had one city and fought, now you have to set reminders on what you need to do, sort of takes the fun out. Maybe they'll kill off the bosses when they release this, but I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteI went back to old school mw's I ice and do jobs that's it
ReplyDeleteCould someone please just shoot me now.... This game is becoming more demanding than a full time job and less enjoyable with every zynga enhancement... Thanks yet again for stretching the players so thin that we get little to no enjoyment from playing
ReplyDeleteI don't see this as any different from clans warring with each other that has been going on since the beginning of Mafia Wars...it is just being formalized and brought into the game officially. No big deal.
ReplyDeleteLet's imagine benefits come with this. Use war instead of fight list. Get your individual ices. But if your gf starts wanting to be the first at top level LMFBO wooot get the HELL OUT OF THERE RUUUUUUUUN
ReplyDeleteWarpage instead of fightlist, individual ices, family progress, benefits, check. Cool. If your gf/gm wants to be first on top RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN LMFBO
ReplyDeleteIf you think about it you can see what they are doing. more things to do that require 300 to 700 eneregy to do jobs per hit, boss wars that require stam, Ice wars that require stam. missions that require stam,time,and energy. and setting time limits, cause each and everyone of us to use RP's. You use rp's they make more money. Remember if your choice is to fight a 48 hour war the fortress which is five players must be manned at all times or the whole clan,100 limit, per clan is fighting. This is another money making idea for ZYGNA. Fix what you have don't start new stuff. I bet the loot will be something we can not use any way. same for the new properties, usless.
ReplyDeleteWHEN DO WE GET TO ICE ZYNGA EMPLOYEES. BRING THAT BACK SO WE CAN TAKE OUR FRUSTRATIONS OUT ON YOUR DUMBASS...:)
ReplyDeleteI think it is funny all you supposed "BADASS" clans/families like to bully everyone.... but when they finally put something out that will show how weak you really are (except for the handful of player's in your group). You complain and balk like a bunch of babies! Stand up and fight, let's see what you are really made of!
ReplyDeleteso many event..
ReplyDeletedon't know want do first =.=!
Q: What is the Family Battle all about? A: This feature will allow Zynga to screw even more money out of those dumb enough to spend it on a game that seems to be dying faster every day.
ReplyDeleteBoycott it. I'm glad my family feels the same way.
Ppppffffftttttt....
ReplyDelete"Q: Are there timers for the Battles? A: There will be two distinct timers for each Battle."
ReplyDeleteTimers? Really?! ROTFL. It explains the slow roll and bugs already showing: the familly battle appearing and disappearing in "My family XP progress", objectives unable to be collected for a whole days and so on. Zynga can't do timers to save it's life ;-) If there are timers involved, this feature will be a (next) disaster.
LOVE THE FAMILY WAR THING ..... ENOUGH ALREADTY WITH THE STUPID ICE SEASONS AND MISSIONS LET EVERY ONE CATCH UP AND TAK A BREATHER .... 7 DAYS A WEEK 6 HOURS A DAY AND I WORK FULL TIME AND RAISE A FAMILY WTF SLOW YER ROLL ZYNGA !!
ReplyDeleteTo the man who said I get everything done in 2 hours...HOW MANY BOTS ARE YOU RUNNING...cause you sure can't do it manually in 2 hours. With all the pop ups and delays in fighting...finding live targets on fightlist alone is tough>all the BOTS are really ruining the game. For sure it's all about zynga getting more of your money-starting to HATE the game.
ReplyDeleteThe more Zygna comes out with...the more that goes wrong! Sick of all the crap! Sick of all the drama they create with every new thing! Why can't they just leave the game alone and let us play? Do the LIKE giving away RP's and stuff with every complaint! They seriously suck the fun out of the game! :(
ReplyDeleteit doesnt work for everyone... and if I go to zynga to ask this question, the answer would be that this feature is in beta stage... zynga suks big time and this is another sucking feature they got
ReplyDeleteFar too much happening in the game these days and this appears to be another attempt by Zynga to line their pockets with more cash. Maybe we need to organize a stop-play day to get Zynga's attention. My family is opting out for the time being. Besides, I don't want anyone knowing the strength of my family. A little mystery is good. Besides, we can start a war anytime we like and we know who won and lost...
ReplyDeleteI like this new family battle (its good for the icing) & all the new stuff added to the game, the new properties r good to att/dff (personal) or even to improve stamina, if u want to be good player play alote, average play what u want, if u dont like the game go for citie ville & built your citie & rules. about rp's stupid r ppl that spend money on it. Buy icecream instead & eat it while playing the game. The only thing im against to this game is the shark tank (lvl 450+) its nor fair for small players facing lvls 5/10/20... times bigger than them.
ReplyDeleteI'm not an IT person, but it seems to me all these over the top graphics Zynga uses, must be part of the reason we all have problems loading pages!
ReplyDeleteAs to the pitting one family against another...Oh HELL NO! I refuse to add one more Zynga related item to my day! I can not complete the last job in Brazil, due to lack of REAL, and now I have Chicago to deal with as well. This is getting tiresome! Friends of mine are dropping out of the game! It's no fun any longer...too much work!
The notification of rejection is causing bullying by the rejected.
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