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Jun 20, 2013

The Arena "KILLJOY" Popup

For several days now players have been reporting many issues in the Arena. One of them is the “Killjoy” popup. Some would argue that the entire Arena is the killjoy of Mafia Wars but one who gets this popup quickly realizes their time was wasted. They are told “Arena results could not be calculated” and nothing is taken or gained (not 100% on Power Ups). Of course clicking on the "Recalculate" does nothing. There is also the “Someone Has Been Naughty” popup and I’m not sure if the “Killjoy” popup replaced this one or if it means something else went wrong. Thanks to everyone who posted about this on our fan page.

Help Mafia Wars Kill Mafia Wars!

We ask for reassurance that Mafia Wars won’t be shutting down anytime soon and the Mafia Wars Team gives us a survey asking for ideas for a new mafia themed game! If they didn’t learn their lesson from Mafia Wars 2, noting will save them from themselves [1]. This could explain why Zynga continues to do the opposite of what players suggest and why our beloved Mafia Wars is on the end of the downward slope. Unfortunately the Zynga brand name is tarnished and I don’t think any of us would play a new game made by this developer. If you want to take the survey, go here. The questions are shown below.

Final Spin Notice: The Lucky Streak

The Lucky Streak will expire tomorrow at 6am PDT. Depending on what time zone you are in, you should have 1 spin left. Except for the deception with the word “Lucky”, this wasn’t a bad event as those who didn’t spend reward points got 21 loot items for 21 seconds of fun. Those who did spend them were Zynga’d once the spins started going on sale and they were already out about 3,000 reward points.

Final Day Notice: Robber’s Delight

Today is the last day to earn Plunder Points for the Robber’s Delight Event. With so much going on in the game, many chose to ignore this event.

Jun 19, 2013

Family Inheritance 24 Hour Extension

Zynga gave an explanation for the 1 day extension of the Family Inheritance Event. Due to the many technical difficulties in the Arena, the event you love to hate was extended by 24 hours. The reason Crests weren't falling for many was because the Arena wasn't working! It went through the motions but stamina was credited back, no experience was gained and therefore Crests were not rewarded. The original post can be found here.

Naughty Property Coming Soon

The 36th Global Property and 31st Limited Time Property is on the way. Zynga must have gotten tired of us complaining about these properties so they perved it up. If they really want to appease Mafia Wars players, the next property should be called the Whiny Bitch Motel!

Henchmen Gear for Your Chop Shop

With so many properties, we can’t really blame Zynga for having a hard time keeping up with what parts are needed for each property. I should come as no surprise that we are told that Jailhouse items are needed to build items in the Chop Shop. This has been going on with the other properties for years! At least they got the verbiage right on this one as Animal Feed is not used to upgrade. Thanks to Rob Carroll Jr. for the screen shot and posting it on our fan page.

2X Property Build: June 19th @ 6:00pm PDT

There is good news if you miss the 2X Property Build earlier today. There will be 45 another one at 6:00pm PDT and it will last for 30 minutes. If the countdown timer below isn’t enough to know your local time zone, go here for a time zone conversion tool. To save time and clicks, use the RepeatCraft Spocklet.

Arena Carryover Experience Issue

UPDATE: I used a Power Pack right before level up and then used a Kamikaze. All experience carried over so this issue isn't affecting all accounts. It could be another experiment where only a certain percentage of players are affected or it could be a bug on only some of the servers.

One of the more useful things about the Arena is that you don't level until the fight is over. This means that stamina which would normally be wasted on a level up can be used and the experienced earned carried into the next level. The Arena is pretty much the Experience Bandit of stamina [1]. Some players are reporting horrific ratios in the Arena because the excess experience over a level up is not applying. I'm not online and don't have time to test it out. Please comment with your findings .. Hopefully this is just a bug or a ridiculious experiment and things will go back to normal soon. Thanks to those who commented of experienceing this on our fan page.

Operation Energy & Stamina Requirements Reduced

Yesterday we posted about the nerfed requirements and payout of the latest Operations Event [1]. Zynga must have been hit hard with complaints because today the requirements were reduced. The ratios aren't as good as they were in previous events but they are no better than what one could do in jobs. This update should help the event run smoother as it was impossible to get help. This probably explains why there were issues with Operations earlier today [1]. I'm not online much today so I didn't have time to compare the ratios of each job. The original requirements can be found here. Thanks to Shu Yun Zheng for posting on our fan page and providing images here.

Before

After

Passive Experience Update

It's only been about 10 days since we saw passive experience from fighting removed and then returned [1],[2]. Either all players did not see a return or Zynga is just late in posting about it. Whatever the reason, it's clear that Zynga does not want to put a stop to kami use so players can relax. The original post can be found here.

Operation Progress Issue

Players are reporting that progress for Operations is not registering or simply disappearing. Zynga is aware of this issue and is working on a fix. Thanks to all who posted about this bug on our fan page. The original post can be found here as well as a form for affected players to fill out.

Reflection Crates

Reflection Crates are now available in the Marketplace. The items were added to the inventory 6 days ago and are the 75th generation! Just for fun a comparison of the 1st generation to this one is shown below. Mafia Wars has come a long way as far as loot stats are concerned.

2X Property Build: June 19th @ 9:45am PDT

There will be 45 minute a 2X Property Build tomorrow at 9:45am PDT. If the countdown timer below isn’t enough to figure out your local time, go here for a time zone conversion tool. To save time and clicks, use the RepeatCraft Spocklet.

Final Day Notice: Robbing Spree 11 Collection Phase

Today is the last day to acquire free Agent’s Favourites for the 11th Robbing Spree. Once you receive the maximum number of parts from your mafia or the timer expires, 3 more days will be added. During the second phase, Agent’s Favourites can only be purchased with reward points.