As We All Know By Now, Zynga Has Formulated The Player’s Advisory Committee Part 2. I Have Been Wondering What Happened Within The First Meeting Zynga Had With The New PAC. Well, I Have Found The Transcript Of That Meeting. Zynga Asked The New (Old) PAC Members About Mafia Wars;
The PAC Members Responded…….
When In Mafia Wars, Do As Mafia Wars Players Get To Do. Send Caesar’s Mystery Bags.
Caesar’s Mystery Bags Are Now On Our Free Gift Pages.
Proceed To Send As Many As You Wish To Your Friends By Either Selecting Send Max Or Typing Specific Names Into The Text Box.
Once You Have Selected Your Friends To Send The Caesar’s Mystery Bags To You Should Get A Pop-Up Like The One Shown Below;
Click The Send Requests Button And You Have Sent The Requests That Should Now Appear In Your Friends Message Centers Where They Can Accept Them.
If You Click The Accept And Thank Button A Caesar’s Mystery Bag Should Be Sent Back To Your Friend. Just Note That You Can Accept 20 A Day. Once You’ve Accepted More Than 20 You Should See The Following Message In Your ZMC;
When You Accept The Caesar’s Mystery Bags And open Them You Will Receive The Normal Items Like A Free RP Point, A Skill Point, Attack Point, Defense Point, And Other Loot Items.
There Is One Loot Item That Will Appear Occasionally That You Might Find Useful And That Is Ride of March.
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Yesterday The Official Mafia Wars Blog Was Updated With A Post About The New Mafia Wars VIP Program. The Following Is A Reprint Of That Post;
Hello Mobsters,
The Mafia Wars team is constantly working on introducing new features in the game as well fixing existing performance issues that have been reported by the community to enhance the overall game-play experience. The VIP program is one such initiative that we are considering over the next few months. Some of you may have already seen the pop-up messages with the details about this program. However, at the moment, this program is not available, and you will not be charged for clicking on the confirmation messages. If & when the program is rolled out, you are not obligated to enroll in it, but you will have priority enrollment at that time.
We have also taken serious note of certain performance issues due to violation of Terms of Service, whether reported by the community or otherwise. While we work on introducing new features like the VIP program, we will always prioritize working on fixing performance issues that affect game-play. Please stay tuned for further announcements in this regard.
We would like to reiterate that we are constantly listening to you & working on improving the game.
Thank you.
The Mafia Wars Team
The First Thing I Get To See When I Logged Into Mafia Wars This Morning Was A Pop-Up And A New Banner In The In-Game News Module That Are Informing Me About The VIP Program.
If You Look Closely At The Bottom Right Corner Of The Pop-Up Banner You Can See That This Is Only A Test. Thank God It Is Only A Test Because I Fear That This Program Will, In Many Ways, Be Detrimental To The DAU Of Mafia Wars. Some Of The Reasons Include (But Are Not Limited To);
Those Of Us Who Can Not Afford Another Monthly Bill Will Drastically Fall Behind In The Game Since Those Who Will Purchase A VIP Membership Will Gain Un-surmountable Amounts Of Skill Points. Therefore, Making The Game Virtually Pointless To Play For The Free Playing Players. Ultimately The DAU Will Drop Even Further Pushing The Game Ever So Closer Into The Internet Gaming Wasteland.
The Ability To Craft Loot 40% Faster Would Mean That I Would Have To Be On The Game (Up To) 4 Specific Times A Day To Maximize My Builds. The New York Properties Currently Build At A Rate Of Once Every 18 Hours. In Brazil, Chicago And London The Current Time Between Builds Is 23 Hours. With The Ability To Craft 40% Faster The New York Craft Clock Would Fall Somewhere Between 10 And 11 Hours. In Brazil, Chicago, And London The New Crafting Clock Would Be About 14 To 15 Hours.
This Will Also Inspire More Use Of Scripts Which Will Enhance The Already Unfair Advantages That Script Users Have Over The Rule Abiding Players. The Script Developers Will, Or Already Have, Develop Scripts That Will Build These Shop Loot Items At Pre-set Time Intervals Automatically.
Does The 40% Faster Fighting Mean That I Will Lose Fights 40% Faster Also? Or Only If I Don’t Buy My Way Into The VIP Program? Will I, If I Don’t Buy A VIP Membership, Still Be Able To Fight And Get My Ices Or Will I Be Iced As Soon As I Regenerate My Health? How Difficult Will It Become To Fight And Ice Those Who Buy A VIP Membership?
More And More Players Will Not Be Able To Complete Things Like ‘Ice Seasons’. The Stronger Many Players Get The Tougher Fighting And Icing Get. And, This Is Already A Problem For Many Since ‘The New Defense Is Health’.
For Those Of Us Who Have ‘Real’ Jobs We Are Going To Feel Even More Pressured To Have To Play The Game. The Game Should Be Able To Fit Into Our Schedules, Not Make Our Schedules Around The Game.
Ultimately The End Result Of The Game Is That It Will Not Be Able To Be Played Without The Use Of Scripts. The Game May As Well Become A Pay To Play Game. We, The Free Playing Players Shouldn’t Even Bother Anymore With This Game Since We Have No Chance.
It Has Been Made Public That 3 Of The Informant Podcast (Episode 149 minute mark 29:20) Team Members Are Members Of The New PAC (Players Advisory Committee). One Is A Developer For The Spockholm Scripts. One Is A Popular Blog Writer. And The Other Is A Close Friend Of Theirs (Not Sure How She Is Connected Other Than The Podcast).
Zynga Gave Us Clues In The Second Paragraph On The Official Mafia Wars Blog Post That Informed Us About The New PAC. The Second Paragraph Reads:
Members of the PAC will represent the voice of the larger community & report their questions, concerns and suggestions to Zynga. This information is gathered from various sources wich include, but not limited to, the forums, the PAC members, chat conversations, facebook walls, and various other locations where players communicate with each other. The PAC will also will also help the Mafia Wars team fix bugs and glitches within the game.
This Information Is Quite Interesting Since It Is Known That At Least A Couple Of The Podcasters Were Members Of PAC1. And It Failed. And We Once Again Hold Our Mafia Wars Gaming Experience In Their Opinions Of The Game.
This Leaves Me, And Many Others, Wondering Even Moreso About The Fate Of Those Of Us Who Make Up 97% Of The Smaller Community. In Other Words, Those Of Us Who Don’t Spend Real Money On The Game. Who Is Representing Us? Who Has Our Best Interests In The Game At Heart?
At Minute 30:29 Of The Podcast Jennifer Patterson States, “That The Problem With The First PAC Was That There Was A Lot Of Animosity Because They Were Un-accessible And I Think The Mindset Needs To Change.”
Since The Mindset Of Players Was That The Original PAC Was Un-accessible Then Shouldn’t You Be Thinking That Hiding Them And Communication With Them A Second Time Around Would Mean Imminent Failure For PAC2 Since It Is Already Following The Same Path As PAC1?
The Question Has Been Brought Forward On The Zynga Forums In The Thread Called ‘Who Is PAC?’. Players Want To Know That They Are Being Represented Fairly And Equally And Once Again We Don’t Have That. Once Again It Appears That This Is A Game For The ‘Elite’! Once Again The Regular Player Appears To Not Have A Voice!
I Agree That Changes Are Needed To Where A Larger Voice Is Heard. And Not Just A Select Few. Especially Not Just The Select Few That Have Already Failed Us Once And Has Left The Game Millions Of Players Down From What It Once Was. How Can We, The Working Class Who Love The Game Too, Entrust Our Desires, Likes, Dislikes, And Opinions About The Game In Them? They Had Their Chance Once, And Blew It!
Pistol Pete, Of The Informant Podcast Said On Episode 149, That Zynga Is Trying To Make A Profit On The Game. We Don’t Take Issue With That Except For Too Many Players Are Being Left Out In The Cold And Simply Can Not Afford To Keep Up. Ultimately Many Of These Players Quit Playing As A Result. The Real Fact Of The Matter Is That For This Game, And Any Other Online Game, To Succeed And Flourish It Needs A Strong Player Base And Mafia Wars Is Failing.
If Zynga And Mafia Wars Is To Continue Moving Forward It Needs To Step Back A Year Or So. Zynga Needs To Make Things Achievable Without The Use Of Scripts And Within A Reasonable Time Frame. Adding Cities To The Travel Bar Would Be A Great Solution To Draw Players Back Into The Game. Players Need A Reason To Play The Game As Much As Zynga Needs Reasons For Them To Purchase RP’s.
In Conclusion, It Is Clear The Same Problem Is Already Going To Plague PAC 2 As It Did In PAC1. Too Many Players Aren’t Going To Be Heard Since PAC2 Is A Smaller Version (Allegedly) Of PAC1. The Same Group Of PAC Members Equates To The Same Failed Ideologies And The Same Problems. If You Wanted, Zynga, To Make A New PAC Then You Should Have Had New PAC Members. Otherwise, It Is Just More Of The Same That Has Already Driven So Many Players Away From The Game.
