Zynga Updates The Union Hall And Properties And Loot Display

Zynga has updated the Union Hall as well as how the properties and loots are displayed within Mafia Wars.

It was extremely necessary for Zynga to update the Union Hall since some script developers had written scripts that allowed only the users of the script to collect their Chicago and London properties separately and not within a single lump like those who do not use scripts had to do. This gave the script users an unfair advantage in the game that allowed the users of the scripts to level up more often than those who do not use the scripts. It was a cheat since it was not an actual part of the game nor within the actual game design and it only gave the advantage to the script users.

cheat (cheet)

v. cheat·ed, cheat·ing, cheats

To violate rules deliberately, as in a game: was accused of cheating at cards

A computer application, password, or disallowed technique used to advance to a higher skill level in a computer video game.

Most players who use the scripts do so with the sole intent of being able to keep up with all the tasks that are in the game. It IS NOT the players intent to cheat.

Since Zynga hasn’t had the foresight to handle these issues within the games design before certain features were released it is essentially a mess that Zynga, itself, had created.

With the changes that were made by Zynga this will be considered rectified. In reality it has not been rectified since those players who used this script still had the advantage for a limited time. It only rectifies the situation from this point forward and it may be too little too late for many players and the evidence is in the ever declining DAU (Daily Active Users).

Here is a look at the changes;

The New Union Hall

COLLECT

 

Click the yellow arrow to expand each locations collectible property individually.

Not that it matters much, but, what’s missing is the name of the property that you are collecting.

 

CRAFT

Like before, click the yellow expand button to expand each location that you can craft from. 

You will notice that there are dropdown boxes that list all your loots that you can craft in each property that has loot that can be crafted.

The nice thing about these lists is that the skill points that you can acquire for crafting these items is also listed. 

Also note, you can now craft 6 items a day in the New York properties. The downside is that the clock went from every 18 hours to every 24 hours.

When I click where it says ‘Visit Property’ I am taken directly to my Chop Shop. Once in the Chop Shop there are no noticeable changes.

If I am in New York and I click Properties from the main, in-game, screen I am taken to the new look/layout of the properties.

This is what it looks like in ‘Global Properties’ view;

This is what it looks like in ‘City Properties’ view;

Certainly the appearance is much nicer and easier to maneuver.

If you go to your inventory and click to enlarge the loot images, or click the loot item images within your shops, you should notice a much cleaner appearance of the loot items and their descriptions (shown below).

It would be nice to have a description where each loot is located (Notice the description that states the Harbinger was a “Diamond level Reward of the Loyalty Program”. And notice there is no description where the Duke is located).