Mizutech Pelican join VIP before Dec 31 12/21

Mizutech Pelican, vehicle [217/217]

Excellent Blog post on  VIP Membership Facts

In another push to get people to join the VIP program, Zynga is now offering this vehicle if you join up before December 31st. You will receive the item on New Year's Day.

Here is an overview of the benefits (from the pop-up)

VIP extended property beg time FAIL! 11/9

All of us with Gold VIP membership were waiting to see how well the 5 days of extended begging was going to work. This morning, it's all over the feed. "Welcome Back to the Family" FAIL!

So we have all moved on to reporting the problem to Customer Service. I sent my e-mail. Let the waiting begin. I'm not really feeling that VIP feeling.

Free VIP Membership Trial 9/04

Free 7 day trial, must have credit card!

Free VIP Membership Trial offer just announced on the Official Mafia Wars Blog.

I suggest reading VIP Membership Purchase Facts as well as the official post.

VIP Subscription Migration 7/17

VIP Subscription Migration Begins Today

Announced earlier on the  Mafia Wars Official Blog: Subscription Migration

For all of the horrendous details please read the Mafia Wars official Blog post above.

All VIP accounts will now be billed through Facebook, and to reward us for our patience

 we get the Fishing Cat 

(but not yet, next time we pay)

New VIP Tiers 5/31

New VIP Tiers of goodness

I just got home, logged in to the game and got this new pop-up

 (I am sick to death of their pop-ups, isn't everyone?)

These benefits look pretty good to me, and yes,
after I read Brutus' article VIP Membership Purchase Facts
I purchased a VIP membership myself. That means I am a Bronze member, and next month I will be a Silver member, and if I am still playing in a few more months, I will get the Gold tier benefits.

Extension of Limited Time Property by five days sounds MARVELOUS to me right now!
If I make it all the way to one year and one month as a VIP (Total $324.61) I will get

One Free Harbinger of Havoc (350att/350def) in addition to the other items listed.

At the Titanium Tier (19 months = $ 474.43) the bonus item becomes the Harbinger of Destruction (400att/400def) an additional 200 RP (one time only) more attack & defense bonus etcetera. NOTE the FINE PRINT.... *Asterisk next to these Harbingers both Ruby & Titanium it states that these item's stat's will *INCREASE* every week.

I could be wrong, but this is how I feel about it.
 This is looks like a good deal to me. I mean, seriously, I could be bowling. $20 per week for the lane, $100 for the shoes, $100 for a new ball, $400 for the cast on my wrist/ankle/knees, all those snacks and sodas I would *have* to have, and oh, people. (You can tell it's been a long time since I went bowling) Well, I will stick to this until I become completely burnt out I suppose. What about you?

VIP Membership Puchase - The Facts from {ℳ} ßrµ†µ§

As most everyone knows by now, today the VIP membership program has begun to roll out (it may not yet be available to everyone just yet). I decided to enroll, and please spare me your criticism, I know I am slightly stupid for doing it! LOL.....yeah. But ANYWAY, for those who are curious as to what happens, I will tell you.

Immediately following my membership purchase I recieved the pop-up shown at the top of this article, notifying me that I received 50 RPs and a VIP loot item, a Beatboxer (Henchman) with 171 attack and 106 defense. I also immediately received a Spockholm notification that skill point reallocation was now active. After clicking out of the pop-up I also saw I had received the one-time bonus of 50 skill points.

[I want to point out that the skill point reallocation is not free, it is simply guaranteed for purchase at least once every 24 hours (you can purchase both 50 and 10, just like normal).]

If you have heard the drop rates for VIP loot are high, you are correct. Not even 3000 stamina in assassinator has netted me 1200 and 1500 equipment points on attack and defense respectively.

The following loot dropped from fighting:

×25	Arctic Boots	[79A	123D]	(6.8%)	Have: 61
×13	Hoffman's Sloth	[122A	80D]	(3.6%)	Have: 39
×24	Bike Helmet	[122A	81D]	(6.6%)	Have: 69
×22	Sky Leopard	[122A	82D]	(6.0%)	Have: 52
×19	Rope Dart	[83A	121D]	(5.2%)	Have: 49
×15	Tall Tail	[81A	121D]	(4.1%)	Have: 55

The loot is also dropping from jobs and robbing at a high rate. The loot that drops from jobs, fighting, and robbing will be updated periodically. If you join up and decide to leave the VIP program, you will not lose any of the loot or skill points you gained. And, of course, you can cancel and rejoin at anytime.

Personally i like this VIP program, but I fear it will drive more players away. I love mafia wars, but I have grown to despise Zynga. They just can't help but screw with things. They keep tweaking it over and over and over. I personally don't mind spending $24.95 a month, but many players will. Anyway, we will see how it pans out. Enjoi - {ℳ} ßrµ†µ§

VIP warning, recurring

VIP update info

WARNING

This will be a recurring charge. The price may go up at any time, the terms may be changed at any time. 

READ THE FINE PRINT IF YOU CAN FIND IT!

Earlier post on VIP membership New VIP membership is active

New VIP Membership is active 4/5

VIP membership

The deal on my home page shows $24.97 per month

These are the advantages of the new VIP membership

I don't play World Of Warcraft or any other monthly-fee type games and am not inclined to join the club at this time. Maybe later?