The Slammer Is Open, Again, For Your Criminal Businesses. However, There Appears To Be Some Changes To The Job/Experience Ratios. Not In Our Favor Of Course. The Top Ruby Level Job Upon Original Opening Of The Slammer Had A 2.23 Energy/Experience Ratio. The Best Ratio Now appears To Be 2.06 And Requires 20 Clams Per Each Click.
The Bottom Line Is Do What You Need To Do In The Slammer And Get The Funk Out!
On The Official Mafia Wars Blog Zynga Announced That The Daily Chance, Which Is Accessible In The Marketplace, Is Going Away.
Here Is A Copy Of The Announcement Made By Zynga;
Daily Chance is going away!
Mobsters,
As we work on improving Mafia Wars for you, we constantly monitor various aspects of the game to understand what engages you the most & what doesn’t. Based on usage statistics, we have decided to do away with Daily Chance to make space for new features and/or improve the game performance. As of tomorrow, you will no longer be able to submit a ticket in Daily Chance. The prizes & rare items that were previously available through this feature will now be available through other existing & new game features, so rest assured that you will still have the same opportunities to win freebies!
Thanks,
The Mafia Wars Team
I Don’t Think Anyone Is Overly Worried That They Won’t Get New York Shop Parts From Other Means, But What About These Items And The Reward For The Daily Chance Collection?
| Bingo Card | Deck of Card | Dice | Roulette Wheel |
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| Slot Machine | Craps Table | Baccarat Shoe | Bonus |
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Will There Still Be A Way For Players To Collect These Items And Vault This Collection?
When Zynga Says “They Are Removing This Feature Due To Low User Statistics”, They Should Consider Their Other Failures That Remain In The Game.
I Am Talking About The Collectable Cards Which Cost An Arm And A Leg If You Want The Complete Collection. Not To Mention The Ridiculous Energy Costs To Get The Loot Items That Are ‘Supposed’ To Drop Once You’ve Completed One Or Any Of The Collections.
Another Useless Feature Is Trader Goh’s Pawn Shop. Really? A Place To Trade In Useless Junk For Useless Junk And Waste Some RP In The Process.
And Then There Is The Fight Club. Yes, You Fight Your Ass Off And Ice Thousands To Earn Victory Coins That Can Only Be Spent Here. When You Look At The Items Closely You Find That There Is Better Loot Dropping From Fighting. Seriously.
Or How About This Waste Of Real Cash To Buy What Zynga Considers Loyalty. Yes, The Loyalty Program. It Insults Those Of Us (Like Me) Who Do Not Have A Platinum Visa Card Nor A Daddy Riding Around In His Hummer (Possibly Getting A Hummer). No, Playing Daily Isn’t Good Enough To Be Considered Loyal.
I’ve Been Playing Daily And, As You Can See, I Am Still, Only Emerald Level 50. I Gave Up Trying To Get To Gold A Long Time Ago. Somewhere About 3 Months After This Humiliating Feature Started. I Just Developed The Attitude; ‘Just Let Those Rich Kids Come Down To My Hood And I’ll Show Them What A Player Really Is’
Thank You For Nothing Zynga. If Nothing Else, This Is What Led Me To Start Blogging About This Game In The First Place. How Do Players Like Myself Get Through This Game And Be Successful? To Show The Struggles That Many Of Us Face While Playing This Game.
The Problem As To Why These Features Do Not Get Utilized Is Not That Players Aren’t Interested In Them. It Is That They Either Cost Way Too Damn Much Or They Just Aren’t Updated Often Enough Or At All.
Do The Math Zynga, You Have All Your Fancy Charts And Mathematicians. If Players Can’t Complete The Tasks Within Reasonable Time Frames And With Reasonable Effort They Quit The Task Or Stop Participating In Them Altogether Or They Simply Quit Your Greedy Assed And Over-Demanding Games!
Take These 2 Items, For Example
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Most Players Aren’t Even Caring Anymore Because Since The Boss Fights Began With ‘Jeff The Knife’ The Overwhelming Vast Majority Of Us STILL Have Not Seen Even One Of Your Extremely Elusive Items. For Me, Personally, I Gave Up All Hope At All Because The Only Ones I Have Ever Seen Who Did Get One Is Either In A Family That Is Capable Of Fighting The Bosses Thousands Of Times Or They Have Spent RP To Fight The Bosses.
The Odds For Most Of Us Appears To Be Better If We Played A Dollar On The Mega Millions. In Other Words, It Is Extremely Discouraging To Even Want To Try And Let Alone Want To Buy A $25 Game Card.
I Have Tons Of Ideas For This Game Because This Game Has Potential Out The Ying-Yang. But, I Will Keep My Ideas To Myself Because My Idea That I Gave You Of Buildable Items In The City Properties Was Taken And Dismantled And Abused By Your Greed.
Make Shops Loot Upgradeablemake loot from the shops upgradeable.
An example of what I mean;
From the weapons depot;
Wasper Knife51 Attack
51 Defense
+4 Skill PointsWe could get say 1-5 weapons points (wp's) every time we level up or every 10 or 100 levels in the game to distribute how we choose to any of the shops in any city that offers them (NY, Italy, Brazil). The attached sp could remain the same or you could purchase additional sp to attach for something like 100 rp (the fair price could be determined by Zynga, this could also be similar to or in place of the reallocation of sp and made available for sale at random times in the marketplace).
So, you level up once (or on the 10th or 100th level up) The Wasper Knife could look like this;
Wasper Knife56 Attack
51 Defense
+4 Skill PointsThis would/could increase the att/def for all of the Wasper Knives you own.
If you used 100 rp to upgrade the associated sp then it might look like this;
Wasper Knife
51 Attack
51 Defense
+5 Skill Points or +9 Skill PointsIn either case, Once the upgrade is made it becomes permanently attached to your shop item and is exclusive to you.
Apparently The Fair Price For Zynga Is The Price That Only 3% Of The Player Base Can Afford.
