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Saturday, January 28, 2012

MAFIA WARS Dasvidaniya mission event: mission 3, Strongest Pillar

Strongest Pillar is the third mission in the Dasvidaniya mission event for Mafia Wars. After finishing your work in Brazil, now you must fly back to Chicago and get to work in your Warehouse. So here is another 23 hour wait...*sigh*. After building an item in Chicago, your instructions are to take another plane back to Brazil and start acquiring your crew members.

Not everyone realizes this, but your Brazil and Chicago crews are one in the same. I made my call for crew members in Chicago, and they still counted toward the mission. You can get up to 10 crew members by posting to your news feed, and it will also count if you click on the posts of other players needing crew members. So you can really get that objective squared away in one sitting.

Icing 50 opponents in Chicago and looting 10 Widow's Fortunes from the job Dodge The Guards in Sam's Truck Shop district in Chicago might take a little while depending on your stats, but these aren't overly difficult and chances are, you will still have them done long before you're able to build the second time from your Warehouse.

Time required for this mission: at least 23 hours


Running total: 2 days, 16 hours


Strongest Pillar

Ivankov Dimitrovich

I had always destroyed. But now I had to protect. This was new to me.

Objectives

  • 0/50 ICE 50 OPPONENTS IN CHICAGO.

    Protect and serve.
  • 0/12 GET 12 CREW MEMBERS IN BRAZIL.

    Get all the help you can.
  • 0/10 LOOT 10 WIDOW'S FORTUNES FROM JOB: "DODGE THE GUARDS".

    Finders keepers.
  • 0/2 MAKE 2 ITEMS IN YOUR WAREHOUSE IN CHICAGO.

    Combine your strength with these items.

NEW mission event Dasvidaniya
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 1: Marked
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 2: Price of Betrayal
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 3: Strongest Pillar 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 4: Weakest Link 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 5: A Peace Offering 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 6: The Refusal 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 7: Sins of the Father
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 8: Sinless
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 9: Absolved 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 10: Aftermath

MAFIA WARS The Stranger's Swag: Wholphin

There's a new Stranger's Swag that's available. This offering is the Wholphin, with stats of 64 attack and 103 defense. Again, kind of meh, and not even active items for many of us. There is a splash about it on your Free Gift page, and also a Mafia Wars home page banner about it. From both locations you can post to the news feed to collect up to three Wholphins, and you can click on the same posts from your friends to collect two more.

I wondered what the heck a Wholphin was, if it was anything at all or something that Zynga dreamed up. Turns out it's...something. As evidenced with previous animal equipment loot items (Liger, comes to mind), Zynga likes their strange hypbrids. Learn about the Wholphin HERE.

The Stranger's Swag
Today's your lucky day. The Stranger has chosen to reward you with some swag. Spread the word and post a feed to earn up to three items. Click on a feed to earn up to two items.
 
Wholphin 64 103
Quality: Rare
Type: Animal
Sub-Types: Aquatic
Location: Gifting
Active Items: 0 / 5

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Recent Bug Fixes (1/27/2012)

 Some bug fixes, posted via the Official Mafia Wars blog:

Mobsters,
Remember that blog post we published a little over a week ago asking, "What's Missing From Our Known Issues Lists?" Firstly, we want to thank everyone who answered that question by reporting additional bugs via that week's "Report A Bug" forum thread. Secondly, we want to keep hearing about the issues you encounter in the game so we can better prioritize their fixes, so please help us help you by continuing to report any bugs you encounter in our "Report A Bug" forum. Lastly, here's a list of issues we were recently able to identify, verify (thanks to the detailed reproduction steps you included in your bug reports), and fix for you!

Thanks again to everyone who submitted the bug reports that helped us close these issues!
- The Mafia Wars Team

Secret Districts - Not Receiving Ruby Mastery Popup or Rewards

Issue: Some players reported that they were not receiving the Ruby Mastery popup or rewards upon completing Secret Districts.
Status: Resolved on 1/22/2012 so that the issues would not be present in the next Secret District, The Slammer, which started at 5pm (Pacific Time) on 1/23/2012. If you experience any issues with Secret District: The Slammer, please let us know by reporting them in our "Report A Bug" forum.

Secret Districts - Loot Drops Don't Display After Ruby Mastery

Issue: Some players reported that, after mastering the Ruby tier of a Secret District, the job module wouldn't expand even though loot items dropped.
Status: Resolved on 1/22/2012 so that the issues would not be present in the next Secret District, The Slammer, which started at 5pm (Pacific Time) on 1/23/2012. If you experience any issues with Secret District: The Slammer, please let us know by reporting them in our "Report A Bug" forum.

Mission Events - Task Progress Not Counting Correctly

Issue: Some players reported that progress toward completing various tasks in Mission Events was not being counted correctly.
Status: Resolved around 7am (Pacific Time) on 1/24/2012 so that the issues would not be present in the next limited-time mission, Mission Event: Dasvidaniya, which started at 9am (Pacific Time) on 1/26/2012. If you experience any issues with Mission Event: Dasvidaniya, please let us know by reporting them in our "Report A Bug" forum.

Mission Events - Having Enough Items to Auto-Complete A Task Resulted in All But The Required # Being Consumed

Issue: Some players reported that, if they possessed enough of an item required by a Mission Event task before they had reached that task, all but the required number of the item would be consumed when the task showed up as auto-completed.
Status: Resolved around 7am (Pacific Time) on 1/24/2012 so that the issues would not be present in the next limited-time mission, Mission Event: Dasvidaniya, which started at 9am (Pacific Time) on 1/26/2012. If you experience any issues with Mission Event: Dasvidaniya, please let us know by reporting them in our "Report A Bug" forum.

Family Battles - Battle Score Not Updating With Each Safehouse Attack

Issue: Some players reported that their battle score was not updating with each Safehouse attack.
Status: Resolved around 7am (Pacific Time) on 1/24/2012. If you are still experiencing this issue, please reply to this forum thread with your answers to the questions found there.

Can't Purchase Via Inventory If City Money is Banked/Vaulted

Issue: Some players reported being unable to buy items from item card/page with banked NY Cash or Italian Lira or vaulted Las Vegas chips.
Status: Resolved around 7am (Pacific Time) on 1/24/2012. If you are still experiencing this issue, please reply to this forum thread with your answers to the questions found there.

Friday, January 27, 2012

MAFIA WARS Dasvidaniya mission event: mission 2, Price of Betrayal

Here's the second mission in the Mafia Wars mission event Dasvidaniya, called Price of Betrayal. Unfortunately, this one involves even more wait time. This mission event will really have you globe trotting! Yesterday we were in Chicago, today we're in Brazil and then New York, and back to Brazil to finish. It shouldn't take much time to attack 100 peeps in New York, and if you have a small or slow mafia, it could take a little time to get 15 body bags from your Mafia, but you'll probably get those done before the objective of buying 2 items from your Black Market in Brazil. That's an automatic 23 hours wait between builds, so you'll be waiting even longer than that if you already built from your Black Market recently.

Time required for this mission: at least 23 hours
Running total: 1 day, 17 hours

Price of Betrayal

Ivankov Dimitrovich

No relationships. No connections. No feelings. I was barely human.

Objectives

  • 0/15 ASK FOR 15 BODY BAGS FROM MAFIA.

    Bodies have to be stored somewhere!
    Friends who help get a reward.
  • 0/2 BUY 2 ITEMS FROM YOUR BLACK MARKET IN BRAZIL.

    A soldier cannot be empty handed.
  • 0/100 FIGHT 100 OPPONENTS IN NEW YORK.

    Take on all of them.

NEW mission event Dasvidaniya
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 1: Marked
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 2: Price of Betrayal
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 3: Strongest Pillar 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 4: Weakest Link 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 5: A Peace Offering 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 6: The Refusal 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 7: Sins of the Father
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 8: Sinless
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 9: Absolved 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 10: Aftermath

MAFIA WARS new 'group sale': Drag Queen

I noticed there's a new group sale in Mafia Wars, located on the Marketplace page. I'm not a real fan of these, but the Drag Queen looks cool so I might would've gotten one, had I found it when it was still 15 RPs. If you like to buy loot items, you can find this in the Mafia Wars Marketplace.

MAFIA WARS The Stranger's Swag: Black Velvet

There's a new Stranger's Swag that's available. This offering is the Black Velvet, with stats of 102 attack and 63 defense. There is a splash about it on your Free Gift page, and also a Mafia Wars home page banner about it. From both locations you can post to the news feed to collect up to three Black Velvets, and you can click on the same posts from your friends to collect two more.

The Stranger's Swag
Today's your lucky day. The Stranger has chosen to reward you with some swag. Spread the word and post a feed to earn up to three items. Click on a feed to earn up to two items.
 
Black Velvet 102 63
Quality: Rare
Type: Vehicle
Sub-Types: Car
Location: Gifting


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Thursday, January 26, 2012

MAFIA WARS Zynga player survey: Dead Or Alive gift mastery event

Here's another Zynga player survey for Mafia Wars players, this one about the Dead Or Alive gift mastery event that just ended a short while ago. Did you finish it? As I always tell Zynga, I do not mind these events as long as we don't have them crammed down our throats. I will cautiously say I enjoy them---but in heavy moderation. Tell Zynga what you thought of this event:

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MAFIA WARS Dasvidaniya mission event: mission 1, Marked

The first mission for the Dasvidaniya mission event in Mafia Wars is called Marked. This first mission already entails a bit of waiting, although nothing terribly unreasonable. You'll need to Declare two Wars, which you can do every 8 hours. You'll also need to build 2 animals in your Private Zoo, a New York property. Hopefully this won't mess up your active property designations like it did mine. You can build from your zoo every 18 hours, unless you speed build. Then you've also got to Put Brother Franky In Concrete Shoes 20 times; that's going to take a lot of energy, and the amount of energy it takes will change drastically depending on what level of mastery you are in that district. It just went from a total of almost 5000 energy costs for me to almost 10,000 :( The job can be found in The Old Warehouse district of Chicago.

Time required for this mission: at least 18 hours
Running total: 18 hours

Marked

Ivankov Dimitrovich

I was the perfect soldier - I carried out every order and never asked any questions.

Objectives

  • 0/2 BUILD 2 ANIMALS IN PRIVATE ZOO.

    The old boss had a penchant for animals.
  • 0/2 DECLARE A WAR 2 TIMES.

    There was no war I could not win.
  • 0/20 JOB: "PUT BROTHER FRANKY IN CONCRETE SHOES"

    Orders were orders. The gun does not treat the old and young differently.
NEW mission event Dasvidaniya
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 1: Marked
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 2: Price of Betrayal
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 3: Strongest Pillar 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 4: Weakest Link 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 5: A Peace Offering 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 6: The Refusal 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 7: Sins of the Father
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 8: Sinless
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 9: Absolved 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 10: Aftermath

MAFIA WARS Dead Or Alive gift mastery event ends tonight

The Dead Or Alive gift mastery event in Mafia Wars is going to die in a little over 7 hours. This one almost sneaked up on me! I've got to hurry and accept lots of gifts if I'm going to get this one done. I don't mind these types of events, but I hope we don't see another one for awhile.

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MAFIA WARS The Stranger's Swag: Lightning Resistant Suit

There's a new Stranger's Swag that's been available for several hours. This offering is the Lightning Resistant Suit, with stats of 69 attack and 104 defense. There is a splash about it on your Free Gift page, and also a Mafia Wars home page banner about it. From both locations you can post to the news feed to collect up to three Lightning Resistant Suits, and you can click on the same posts from your friends to collect two more.


Lightning Resistant Suit 69 104
Quality: Rare
Type: Armor
Sub-Types: Body
Location: Gifting
Active Items: 5 / 5

Temporary Issue with Official Links Posted on the Mafia Wars Facebook Fan Page

Many of us have noticed issues when doing.... well almost everything on Facebook. Facebook is the problem this time, not the game, not the links you're clicking on. This seemed to become a big problem last night, and apparently even Zynga's zyn.ga links have been giving people errors when they try to click on them. The Mafia Wars blog posted this last night:

Mobsters,

You may have noticed that we recently changed the official Mafia Wars Facebook fan page links to begin with "http://fun.zynga.com/". You can trust links of this form as legitimate even though a recent error has temporarily caused them to be misidentified as abusive when clicking on those posted on the fan page. All links of this form and the older form (http://zyn.ga/) remain safe to use and will function as intended if you copy them into your browser's address bar. Posting to the fan page will resume once the issue has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

- The Mafia Wars Team

PS: In case you missed it posted on the official Mafia Wars Facebook fan page earlier, here's the link to claim today's FREE health point: http://fun.zynga.com/13A



MAFIA WARS NEW mission event Dasvidaniya

The latest mission event just landed on the Mafia Wars home page a few minutes ago, it's called Dasvidaniya. I read that this means in Russian, "Goodbye" or "until we meet again". It looks as though we will have 13 days in which to complete this mission event. Stay tuned for more info as we begin working our way through these missions; hopefully this won't start out as a train wreck, like the last mission event!

NEW mission event Dasvidaniya
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 1: Marked
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 2: Price of Betrayal
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 3: Strongest Pillar 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 4: Weakest Link 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 5: A Peace Offering 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 6: The Refusal 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 7: Sins of the Father
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 8: Sinless
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 9: Absolved 
Dasvidaniya mission event, mission 10: Aftermath

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