Robber’s Delight – Overview And Analysis

The Robbers Delight Event is just about half over. It is just another one of those event's that are too easy for some and too difficult for others. It is also just another event designed to try to get you to spend money on this game (but ain't they all).
As usual, many players are either struggling to get the 50,000 Plunder Points or they just aren't bothering with the event.

Since you need 50,000 Plunder Points to fully master this event and the event will last 7 days you will need to acquire on average 7,143 Plunder Points a day.

Some are proclaiming that it will take about 300,000 stamina to master this event. I can assure you that this IS NOT completely accurate. For example, If you take the assumed 300,000 and divide by your total stamina you should derive to your presumed number of stamina refills (or level ups) that you will need to purchase or achieve in order to master this event. An example; An account that has 10,000 stamina would need to purchase or level up 30 times (300,000/10,000).

Those proclaiming that everyone will need 300,000 stamina didn't factor in other players stats that are a determining factor in whether you will win or lose a rob. Also, the amount of Plunder Points awarded for a successful rob in relationship to which types of properties (easy, medium, hard) were not factored into the estimate. Not to mention the cost of stamina needed to rob certain types of properties. In other words, if you see more properties requiring the use of 20 stamina to rob as opposed to 5 then you will likely need more stamina overall to master the event.

Other factors that need to be considered are the stats of those who you are trying to rob and whether their properties can be robbed. In addition, some players are finding that they need to waste stamina points to refresh their robbing boards since all the properties have already been robbed.

On my account I have been averaging about 700 Plunder Points per round of stamina (which is 10,000 +). Therefore, if I maintain this rate I will need to level up (since I don't purchase stamina refills) approximately 72 times for me to master this event. That would equate to more than 720,000 stamina needed by me to master this event.

All-in-all I find that this IS NOT a well designed event and that it, like most events in Mafia Wars, favors the already strong players and/or money players. It leaves little incentive to entice players to want to spend real money on this game.