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:

http://fun.zynga.com/10H <-- Take a quick survey about this feature.

MAFIA WARS Dead Or Alive gifting event begins...again

The Dead Or Alive gifting mastery event for Mafia Wars has begun a second time, after first being released with some ...graphical issues. Apparently someone at Zynga didn't catch the mistake when several loot items were added earlier today without any graphics, including the Outlaw, which is the grand prize for the Dead Or Alive gift mastery event. As you can see from Keith's post on our Facebook fan page, not even the boosts appeared to have graphics when the Dead Or Alive event was first released. The event was then pulled a short while later, much to the confusion of many players that I saw.

   

The Outlaw was...invisible, up until a little while ago. 

 But now we can see what the loot item looks like. 

 And all of the graphics are now showing on the Dead Or Alive pop-up in the game.

This will work pretty much the same as the past few gift mastery events we've had. You'll collect boosts for three tiers of mastery, which in turn earns you a loot item that will upgrade depending on your mastery. The Gold Bar is the first boost we're collecting; it gives +130 attack skill, and its mastery item is the Train Robber.

The second item will unlock in a few days and it's the Wanted Poster, which will give +130 defense skill. Its mastery item will be the Gunslinger.

The last boost to unlock will be the Sheriff Badge, which gives +150% chance of robbing your next property successfully. Its mastery item is the Corrupt Sheriff.

Fully mastering the event will gain you the grand prize of the Outlaw loot item.

I didn't see offhand if it was mentioned how many times we'll be able to master this event, but it typically is three times.

Collect all 3 boosts for a Grand Prize. Send and request boosts to master each level. Outlaw 77 176

Gold Bar	Wanted Poster	Sheriff Badge
Mastery Reward Train Robber 107 53 112 54 117 56	Mastery Reward Gunslinger 54 111 56 116 58 121	Mastery Reward Corrupt Sheriff 115 56 120 58 125 60

MAFIA WARS Dead Or Alive event, new loot items added

In addition to new mystery bags, several new loot items have been added to the Mafia Wars inventory overnight, one of which appears to reveal an upcoming event called Dead Or Alive.


Added:
Smooth Perfection (A:75 D:110) from Gifting
Shot Blade (A:103 D:67) from Gifting
Lightning Resistant Suit (A:69 D:104) from Gifting
Black Velvet (A:102 D:63) from Gifting
Wholphin (A:64 D:103) from Gifting
Tarot Reader (A:104 D:66) from Gifting
Barrel (A:69 D:103) from Gifting
Viper Scale Vest (A:102 D:68) from Gifting
Outlaw (A:77 D:176) from Special Event

The Outlaw is listed as a special event item, and it states "This item is available during the 'Dead or Alive' event. Apparently the Outlaw is also invisible, as there is no graphic for it.

 

In fact, none of the items added have graphics, except for the Smooth Perfection, which can be obtained by vaulting the new Disco Collection. These other items are listed as Gifting items, so I thought maybe these were new items that will drop from the new Mystery Bags, but I haven't seen them. What I HAVE seen a lot of from the new mystery bags are Biohazard Crate items.