Mafia Wars Ice Season 16 Reward Collection

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Ice Season 16 is officially over and a new season hasn’t been added. To get your badge and loot reward, just visit the Fight Page and you will get a popup. If history repeats itself, we should get a break from icing until next Tuesday.

Always verify that the item made it into your inventory. If you don’t get the popup or your Ribbed Ankle Boots aren’t there, e-mail  Customer Support.

The next 6 Ice Season rewards were added to the inventory last week (1).

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

The Mafia Wars Dragon Does Visit Twice!

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Contrary to what the banner says, Dragon Mystery Bags are on the Free Gift Page for a second day in a row. The Dragon has visited twice and hopefully he will visit again tomorrow! The only thing bad anyone can say about these bags is the extra ones don’t count towards Family Progression.

This was actually expected because Gold and Harvest Mystery Bags said the same thing but we found them to stick around for 2-3 days. At least they came up with a entertaining reason why these bags are only available for one day (even though they aren’t ). Players who received Thai Baht were not amused to read they were “Worth It’s Weight In Gold”. We still love them and hope they stick around.

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

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

Skill Point Reallocation: 1/31

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Skill Point Reallocation is active. We will probably see it a few times throughout the day so check the Mafia Wars Loot Lady Fan Page frequently for updates. Find the Skill Point Reallocation in the Marketplace under the Stat Items tab For more information on how Skill Point Reallocation works, go here. You can purchase one of each item every 4 hours. Each reallocation offering is only available for a limited time so if you are reading this late, it's probably gone.

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Property Part Help Limit Increase

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Zynga decided to throw their players a small bone. They increased the number of times you can click on a property part request and send a part. The cap was increased from 5 to 10. You can now productively click on 10 any part requests and 10 individual requests. It is up for debate on when the reset happens. Most find they are able to help again after 8 hours but some claim they can’t. This update just happened so we will need to reexamine the limits as more time elapses. It also looks like you can send 11 parts instead of 10 as advertised. We used to be able to send 6 so this is no surprise. Don't forget to accept your 4 free parts a day. It says 3 but you actually get 4. Zynga is one off on all of the property cap notifications.  Overall this is a good but I don’t think it will be enough. It will help players who use alternate accounts to get their properties upgraded rather than players who play it the way Zynga intends.  There are currently many problems with requests not working and most likely it is due to the this update.

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Thanks to Mark for posting on the fan page!

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Mafia Wars Property Lies!

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UPDATE: Several hours after this post was published, Zynga increased the number of parts we can send to our mafia. Instead of 5 parts, it's now 10. I guess they weren't lying to us after all. They just failed to mention why it would be easier.
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Mafia Wars Live may be gone but I’ve just found a use the logo. Zynga loves to spread the bullshit and this one is a doozey! We were told that due to player feedback that the Hanger would be easier to upgrade (1). Here is a screen shot of those endearing words.


The last Limited Time Property was the Assassin’s Academy and a total of 823 parts were needed to upgrade to Level 15 (1). The timer was initially 14 days but due to a Facebook news feed issue, we were given an extra 24 hours. Thanks to members in the community, we now know how many parts are needed to upgrade the Hanger (1). A total of 623 parts will be needed to upgrade your Hanger to Level 15. On the surface this appears easier than the 823 parts needed for the Assassin’s Academy but Zynga must have forgotten that 208 of these parts were giftable. We have to beg for an additional 8 parts so the Hanger is NOT “a bit easier to complete in the time given”.

	Assassin’s Academy	Hanger	Difference
Total Parts Needed	823	623	-200
Giftable Parts Needed	208	0	+208
Begging Parts Needed	615	623	+8

Many players like Eike are electing not to upgrade this Limited Time Property.

Some have taken it one step further and started an organized boycott. The Stop The Begging Fan Page already 1,669 likes which is pretty impressive for a new page. Players are tired of these Limited Time Properties and want to be heard.

For the complete-ist types, not upgrading something is unheard of. I wish I had the will power to say screw it. If you are unable to not do this event, a funny thing may happen when you generate your requests. Players who are actively boycotting the event are also refusing to help. They will let you know about it on your begging posts. The more players who boycott this event, the more difficult it will be for those who aren’t.

Zynga is NOT listening to their players as they claim. It’s obvious they got the message but they didn’t deliver what the players wanted. Lying to us makes it worse. With the exception of eliminating Limited Time Properties, they could make it easier by not putting a cap on how many players we can help. This would benefit Zynga as well as us. What good is all this spam if you can’t click on it and make something happen!?

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Mafia Wars Collector’s Edition: Holey Carnage

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The next Collector’s Edition Item is the Holey Carnage. When Robin saw the price he said “Holey Carnage Batman, this thing costs 46 reward points”. Batman explained that the item comes with +4 attack points and Robin still didn’t buy it.

 

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The Hanger Updates

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There are two posts on the Official Mafia Wars Blog that deal with the new Limited Time Upgrade Property, The Hanger.

The first is their standard introductory post that lets us know the new property is here (1). These posts are usually a waste of their blog space because EVERYBODY knows when a new property hits.  You can’t miss the buttloads of spam these things generate. This time it’s a little different because there is a special note. We are told that the Hanger is going to be easier to upgrade than previous properties and player feedback is the reason. As mentioned in my initial post, it does appear there are less parts needed to upgrade (1).

The second post addresses a bug that many players pointed out on the Mafia Wars Loot Lady Fan Page when the property was first out (1). The Known Issues thread on the forums can be found here if you want to check for updates.

Many players found early on that if you clicked on the “View to Build” button, you would be directed to the Chop Shop or other property thus making it impossible to build or view the items that you can build in the Hanger.

The workaround is pretty simple but could cause you extra clicking when it’s time to craft your 5 items for the day. Not many will choose to craft from a property that isn’t fully upgraded but if you have the bug in question and you want to view your items, you need to add the Hanger to your New York property menu. To do this, scroll to the bottom of the New York Property Page. Uncheck one of your properties, check the Hanger and then click the “Save Changes” button.

Your Hanger will now be present and you can view and/or craft items.

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Pick Your Own Bundle!

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There is a new gimmick on the Home Page. They are calling it “Pick Your Own Bundle!”. You can find it in the Marketplace or on the Home Page.


The concept is you can pick 3 items from a selection of stuff and then convert it into a bundle. The benefit if you fall for it is you get 20% off the purchase of whatever the three items you choose.

The 12 items available are shown below. I was unable to add the same item 3 times but many commented that they could. I'll try on a different account. Once you choose, you can’t go back.

Once you choose your items, the adjusted price will show up on your purchase button. I wasn’t about to purchase this so I don’t know if you are able to do it more than once. Maybe if we could choose the skill points 3 times I would have been tempted but buying loot with reward points is not a good investment.
As far as I can tell, this is just another gimmick created by Zynga to get you to spend your hard earned reward points.  Mike Nester had a different type of discount on his Home Page banner. You would think Zynga could get it right when a feature involves spending reward points!

You can pick your friends and you can pick your bundle but you can’t pick your friends bundle! Don’t be fooled by Zynga, things aren’t always as good as they make them out to be.

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The Hangar

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To the dislike of us all, the next Limited Time New York Upgraded Property is now available. We knew it was coming so I guess we should be grateful that there was a small break. This property is called the Hangar. It’s like the Assassin’s Academy because it has 15 Levels. We have 14 days to get it done!


This works like all the other Limited Time Properties. Get enough parts to upgrade to Level 1 and your platform transforms into a beautiful (cough, cough) property.

The building parts which we have to beg for are the Hammer Drill, Plaster and the Cordless Drill. How many types of drills do you need? I don’t see any of them on the Free Gift Page. Hopefully one will be added at a later time or the number of parts needed will be decreased.

The chart below lists how many of each part is needed to advance to the next level. We still have to beg for 623 parts so it's not going to be easier than the Assassin's Academy.

Level	Hammer Drill	Plaster	Cordless Drill	Total
1	1	1	1	3
2	1	2	1	4
3	2	3	2	7
4	3	4	3	10
5	4	6	4	14
6	5	8	5	18
7	10	11	10	31
8	12	15	12	39
9	14	19	14	47
10	16	23	16	55
11	18	27	18	63
12	20	31	20	71
13	22	35	22	79
14	24	39	24	87
15	26	43	26	95
Grand Total	178	267	178	623

The items you can build as each level unlocks are shown below. The Candy Dandy offers no additional skill points, the Prune Juice offers +3 attack, the Sky Hopper offers +4 defense and the the Hop Chopper offers +5 stamina. This will appeal to the players who use their reward points to speed build because you get a decent amount of points and there are no parts to acquire in order to craft.

Thanks to Mark, Robert, Maxine, Fione and Chakk and all others who helped updating the parts needed chart.

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Skill Point Reallocation Nerf

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The last time we saw a Skill Point Reallocation was on Jan 18th Shortly after, I posted about an extra benefit of purchasing Skill Point Reallocations (1). When you moved skill points from health, energy or stamina, you got a refill. It wasn’t that big of a deal and I thought it was a part of the feature.

Apparently it was a glitch and not something Zynga intended. Skill Point Reallocation has been offered a few times today and many players noticed that this benefit was no longer present. In the example below, I moved energy points and did not get a refill.

Some are blaming those of us who posted about the “feature” as the reason for it’s demise. This outlook is ridiculous. The purpose of Mafia Wars related sites is to share information that will benefit players. How was anyone suppose to know that this was a glitch. What was never posted or attempted by me was glitch involving Skill Point Reallocation and health. During 4 Skill Point Reallocations, it was possible to double your health statistic permanently. All a player had to do was purchase a Boost Your Health before a Skill Point Reallocation and then move points from health. If you wonder why you can’t ice some players, this is probably why. Zynga has yet to roll back anyone who participated in this exploit but they did fix it. This should be proof enough that they don’t rely on me to fix their glitches. I think they are a little bit smarter than players give them credit for.

Thanks to Dave McLaren for pointing the refill nerf out on the fan page.

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Mafia Wars Skill Point Reallocation-1/30

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It’s been a few weeks and finally Skill Point Reallocation is active. We will probably see it a few times throughout the day so check the Mafia Wars Loot Lady Fan Page frequently for updates. Find the Skill Point Reallocation in the Marketplace under the Stat Items tab For more information on how Skill Point Reallocation works, go here. You can purchase one of each item every 4 hours. Each reallocation offering is only available for a limited time so if you are reading this late, it's probably gone.

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Collectable Stat Cards 20% Off

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There is great news for players who accidentally click on the Collectable Stat Card purchase buttons. Zynga will now steal 20% less of your reward points because Collectable Stat Cards are 20% off the original price!You will be notified by a “Collect And Destroy” popup.

 

There is truth to the title of this sale. When you accidentally collect, your reward point balance is destroyed! I hear Customer Support is no longer crediting players with reward points and it’s ridiculous that Zynga hasn’t added a confirmation method to these purchases. I posted about this problem over 3 weeks ago and players continue to click on them by accident.

It’s easy to do because the Home Page Current Events Module is not static. It switches modules and if your mouse is in the wrong spot at the wrong time, you will be “rewarded” with your very own Collectable Stat Card. I verified that a confirmation was not in place and received a useless Collectable Stat Card for 12 reward points.

It’s quite sad that the good news about these cards going on sale is that players will save reward points for accidental clicks and not that it’s a good value. Collectable Stat Cards, even at 20% off, are not a good deal (1). Many Players who paid full price like I did are still trying to get their loot items. It’s more frustration than it’s worth (1). You’re still better off spending your reward points on crafting timer speed builds. In the example above, I got +2 energy and +2 health. I can spend the same amount of reward points and get +6 energy or +20 health. Until these cards offer something better than overpriced skill points and virtually unattainable loot items, they won’t be popular.

I don’t know how long Collectable Stat Cards will be on sale or if every player will receive the offer. Two of my accounts don’t have it.

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