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Saturday, January 14, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #9: Omega

This is mission number 9 in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars. On first glance, you might think that looting 30 Wintermutes is gonna be hard, but it wasn't--not for me, at least, and I don't claim any special treatment.  Wintermutes dropped like ...well, I'll spare you the cliches. They dropped at a high rate, and I actually completed that objective before I even finished the 300 fights in Brazil. And those two objectives are rather closely tied together.

The longest wait was for the middle objective of building 3 items in your Weapons Depot. You can build every 18 hours in your Weapons Depot. Unless you speed build.



Omega

Rosario Dominquez

So this is what the end looks like.

Objectives

  • 0/30 LOOT 30 WINTERMUTES FROM FIGHTS.

    The remains of the day.
  • 0/3 BUILD 3 WEAPONS IN THE WEAPONS DEPOT.

    Shiny, new toys. How lovely!
  • 0/300 WIN 300 FIGHTS IN BRAZIL.

    Time to bring it all to an end.

NEW MISSION EVENT: End Of Days
Mission #1: Alpha
Mission #2: In The Beginning
Mission #3: The Big Bang 
Mission #4: Redemption 
Mission #5: Resolution 
Mission #6: Retribution 
Mission #7: Armageddon 
Mission #8: ...With a Whimper 
Mission #9: Omega 
Mission #10: Post Script


This mission event was first released with objectives that were literally impossible to complete in the given time frame--I called it Mission Impossible, and later amended or "retuned" to make it easier to complete.

Mafia Poker: Aces Low


How, exactly, does a pair of aces and a pair of nines NOT beat a pair of Jacks?

Ohhh right. This is Zynga Poker, not the real thing. This image was posted in the MwG group. The "dealer", Juliana, has a pair of Jacks. The player has two pair--a pair of aces and a pair of nines. I am not a Poker mastermind, but PokerStars could attest that I'm not much of a loser, and yet I've never seen a hand like this lose. Hard luck, indeed.  (I wonder what Gesus would say about this hand).

Zynga wants to blame this sort of "error" on multi tabs or scripts, but there are just too many reports of this. Including, reports of the same from people who are known not to use scripts.

Like I said, jokingly, yesterday, my money is on this just being a Zynga bug. Zynga would be well advised to address issues on their side, instead of attempting to place blame elsewhere. Particularly when there are lots of players who don't use scripts and are even adamant about not using scripts. My guess would be that one or two players may have submitted an uncropped screen shot showing bookmarklets on their browser bar and so Zynga jumped to a quick case-closed.

I use scripts. Daily. I use multi-tabs. Daily. Yet I haven't encountered this issue. I may be a small fish in the pond, but this suggests, to me at least, that the problem might not be limited to script users and multi-tabbers. The problem might just be Zynga, after all.

Please contain your amazement and surprise.

Bad Business in the Back Alley

It appears i will not be able to collect any skill points by collecting the 3 loot items unless i pay for them. According to a "helpful" player advocate at Zynga, once Ruby mastery is reached no more loot will drop. I contacted CS because ever since I reached Ruby mastery I have not had any more loot drop. My numbers stayed steady at 9, 8, and 19 respectively. I explained the situation using very simple English to Zynga CS and this is the response I received:

"Hello Jon,

Jon, I understand that you are not receiving any loot from Back Alley Business and I want to let you know this is because you have already fully mastered it, and our Developers has designed the District that after you complete it you won't receive any loot, so that's why you are not receiving Items.

If you have any other concern or question please contact me back, have a wonderful day.


Kind Regards,

A***** B********
Zynga Player Advocate "

I have to ask why this is the case. Why would loot stop dropping when I have mastered the district? I feel I am being punished for completing a Mafia Chore on time. And if this is how it has to be, why not make this seemingly important detail very clear to me as a player? I have, of course, replied to this ridiculous response from CS. I wish I could have used chat....it is so hard to explain things clearly to the Zyngons using e-mail. If there are any further developments, I will pass them on. In the mean time, keep fighting the good fight.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #8: ...With A Whimper

This is the 8th mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars, called "... With a Whimper". This is fortunately another mission that can be completed without too much hassle on your part--a big relief to me, given the rocky start of this mission event. When I got to this mission today, the objective of asking for 30 satchel charges was already completed.


Before you begin 0/20 LOOT 20 MEDIATORS FROM JOB: "CATCH A SABOTEUR", make sure you fill your Lockpick crew member in Chicago activated, that will make looting 20 Mediators a little less painful, as you will get double loot drops while that crew member is active. 

For the objective of robbing 30 docks, you needn't waste stamina on clearing whole robbing boards, unless you just want to. I cleared a few boards, but then I switched to my rivals list and just started robbing someone's dock over and over. It won't count for unsuccessful robbing attempts, but you can rob the same target over and over, and each successful robbing attempt will count.

... With a Whimper

Rosario Dominquez

I read in a poem once: this is how the world shall end - not with a bang, but with a whimper.

Objectives

  • 0/20 LOOT 20 MEDIATORS FROM JOB: "CATCH A SABOTEUR".

    Middle-men do serve a purpose.
  • 30/30 ASK FOR 30 SATCHEL CHARGES FROM MAFIA.

  • 0/30 ROB 30 DOCKS.

    We will just be borrowing this - forever!
NEW MISSION EVENT: End Of Days
Mission #1: Alpha
Mission #2: In The Beginning
Mission #3: The Big Bang 
Mission #4: Redemption 
Mission #5: Resolution 
Mission #6: Retribution 
Mission #7: Armageddon 
Mission #8: ...With a Whimper 
Mission #9: Omega 
Mission #10: Post Script


This mission event was first released with objectives that were literally impossible to complete in the given time frame--I called it Mission Impossible, and later amended or "retuned" to make it easier to complete.

Heavy Metal crates available

For all you crate-lovers out there, there are new crates are now available in the Mafia Wars marketplace.

Here are the items you can get from these crates:
KISS rip-off much?
Thanks Jon for the heads up.


A Slow News Day for Mafia Wars

 ...and thank gawd! I've had my head buried in text books much of the day. I managed to stay plugged in to Mafia Wars nonetheless, but I wasn't very engaged. It was very nice and appreciated to not have 10 million new things in the game to deal with, for once.

I saw earlier today that they have brought back those lame group sales. We haven't seen one in awhile, and last I checked, participation wasn't that great. I guess Zynga thought otherwise, as there's another group sale in the Mafia Wars marketplace and also the home page banner, for the Rivet Leather, AND this one is going to last a whole week ::yawn::. The idea is, the more people buy the item, the more its stats increase...but so does the cost for anyone who buys later rather than sooner. Supposedly this is meant to prompt you to buy quickly, but this tactic hasn't ever worked on me. I think their prices are laughable for a loot item that isn't that great and will be quickly outdated.

Speaking of over priced, Zynga is still trying to push these "collector's edition items" on us. Not surprisingly, they aren't faring any better than they did last year. Not even 1500 sold on this round of the Scion Heavy Machine before it was finally yanked from the home page a short while ago. I've always mocked their pricing, and reducing their prices in order to gain more sales is apparently not something within Zynga's scope of understanding. I am not gonna pay 35 reward points for a piece of loot. But what do I know?

Oh, I finished mission number 7 in the End Of Days mission event awhile ago--Armageddon, and had a funny thing happen. The New Year's Resolution screen popped up again out of the blue, right underneath the Mission Complete drop-down. I'm pretty sure I saw someone post about this a day or two ago; you'd think Zynga would have already fixed that? And no, sadly, I wasn't able to claim more Ms. PAC Partys :(

Although, predictably, the option to waste reward points to buy more votes was still there. Go figure.


And it would be a day at Zynga without some bug or problem, right? Apparently the Draw button wasn't working for some players, and some winning hands weren't winning--well, I did say the house odds would probably suck!

I haven't personally, encountered any problems with the Mafia Poker, at least not that I noticed, and I did play a few dozen hands. In fact it crossed my mind that this was a rare 'win' for Zynga. An easy ingame 'feature' that doesn't completely suck, doesn't force us to BUY BUY BUY, yet still prompts us to send Facebook requests in the form of Poker Cards--Zynga makes money when we send those requests.

Anyway, Zynga is blaming whatever issues people were having on the players using scripts and multi-tabs. I guess that could be the case, but my money's on it being a Zynga bug.

Hello Mafia Players,
We are aware that some of you are experiencing the following issue:
Mafia Poker Issues

Issue: Some players report that their "Draw" button goes missing. Others report that, even after understanding that we consider the Ace the highest card, not the lowest, they will sometimes lose with a winning hand, such as two pairs vs. the dealer having just one.

Status: We have determined that most, if not all, of these issues are the result of playing Mafia Wars in multiple tabs/windows and/or with scripts. Please try disabling any scripts you may be using and playing the game in only one tab or window. If, after doing this, you still experience any issues with Mafia Poker, please add your details to this Bug Report.

Workaround: Disable scripts and play Mafia Wars in only one tab/window at a time. If you know of another workaround for this issue, please Submit A Workaround.

Thanks,
The Mafia Wars Team
One last thing--two, actually. Earlier today when I was accepting gifts from my ZMC, the gifts weren't disappearing after I accepted them, which I found much to my liking. It's easier to pick and choose which gifts to accept when the whole dang ZMC screen isn't jumping around due to previously accepted gifts going poof. It was like that for a couple of hours and I'd thought it was something new. But now the gifts are back to disappearing again after I accept them. Doh!

I've had a comment here and a couple of emails from people asking what I mean when I refer to the ZMC. By ZMC we mean "Zynga Message Center". It's the little envelope in the upper right of your Mafia Wars screen that holds your gifts. And now you've learned something today.

Have a great weekend!

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Mafia Poker

Ah, so that's what the Poker Card is for. A mini poker game in Mafia Wars called Mafia Poker. The Playing Cards turned up in my game earlier tonight, and now Mafia Poker has made its appearance. The Fortune Teller is the prize; win 10 hands for the bronze mastery of the Fortune Teller, up to 150 hands to get the top mastery level for the Fortune Teller. I'm betting the house odds aren't so great, but good luck! I'll check it out more tomorrow.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Playing Cards?

 I was surprised when a Poker Card turned up in my ZMC as a free gift.

The item was added earlier today, but there's been nothing new on my Mafia Wars home page. I did a little snooping and found this in the Marketplace, under the heading of "Playing Cards".

Although it might be that bad if they're giftable....except when I clicked on it to accept the gift, I got a message saying the 'event' was over and it turned into a Blue Mystery Bag.

I have no idea how this is going to work, but I guess we shall find out soon.


End of Days mission event, mission #7: Armageddon

Armageddon is the7th mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars. 

Remember to go slooooowwwwwwllllly when activating those crew members in Chicago, or the mission ticker is very likely to miscount--and not in your favor. You can fill 8 crew member positions at a time, then you'll need to wait 8 hours before you can fill the rest to accomplish the objective 0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.

You're going to have to do some waiting anyway, though. The objective 0/30 JOB: "NARROWLY SURVIVE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT" is going to cost me over 6000 energy. Fortunately I waited to see what this mission would entail before spending my energy, and I also have an energy pack coming due. I might be able to get this one done tonight, but I should definitely be able to complete it by the time I can activate more crew members tomorrow morning. 

0/12 MAKE 12 ITEMS FROM YOUR WORKSHOP will probably be the biggest wait. The Workshop is one of your Brazil properties, and you can craft up to 6 items every 18 hours.

Armageddon

Rosario Dominquez

The biggest party of the year has just started. Where were you?

Objectives

  • 0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.

    Come one, come all!
  • 0/30 JOB: "NARROWLY SURVIVE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT"

    They need to develop a sense of humor.
  • 0/12 MAKE 12 ITEMS FROM YOUR WORKSHOP.

    Make them laugh, make them laugh!
NEW MISSION EVENT: End Of Days
Mission #1: Alpha
Mission #2: In The Beginning
Mission #3: The Big Bang 
Mission #4: Redemption 
Mission #5: Resolution 
Mission #6: Retribution 
Mission #7: Armageddon 
Mission #8: ...With a Whimper 
Mission #9: Omega 
Mission #10: Post Script


This mission event was first released with objectives that were literally impossible to complete in the given time frame--I called it Mission Impossible, and later amended or "retuned" to make it easier to complete.

Zynga free points

I meant to post these yesterday, but got a little busy with the kickoff of the spring semester classes at my college. I am not sure where they originated from, but they do work. You can collect on them once per link. My guess is these are some of the missing free points from earlier this month when Zynga forgot to post them. Thanks to Bubba B. for originally sharing these with me, and also Michael Smith for jogging my memory about them today :)
http://tinyurl.com/ZyngaHealth
http://tinyurl.com/ZyngaEnergy
http://tinyurl.com/ZyngaStamina
http://tinyurl.com/ZyngaSkill
http://tinyurl.com/ZyngaAttack
http://tinyurl.com/ZyngaDefense