A Super Easy Way To Get Limited Edition Rare Items

12
Oct/094

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One of the things that many players would love to have is some limited edition items, equipment, and vehicles. For instance a buddy of mine stopped by and we were looking at some of the equipment that I have on one of my oldest accounts. He asked how I got some of the equipment I have.

He was looking was looking at an item that I have called a “Stolen Mail Truck” and asked how I got it. For those of you who would like to know the stats are:

Stolen Mail Truck
10 Attack
20 Defense

Getting items like this and others is really quite easy. Here is the step by step process.

Step 1 – Log into your Social Network Account

Step 2- Log into Mafia Wars

Step 3 – Go to your Mafia Wars home page

Step 4 – Go to the bottom of the page and find “Join the Mafia Mailing List”

Step 5 – Enter your email in the text box and hit submit

Step 6 – Check your email for a message entitled “Welcome to Mafia Wars: Confirm Your Address”

Step 7 – Click where it says Click here to confirm

Step 8 – You will be taken back to your Mafia Wars page on your social network and you should see:

Congratulations! The Godfather has given you a rare Stolen Mail Truck for verifying your email address.

You now have the limited edition rare item. Now when Zynga decides to offer a limited edition item you will receive notification right in your mail box.

For the most part the items that you will get in this manner will not be spectacular with high attack and defense and are a collectable item than functional. Hey but every little bit helps in the long run.

From what I have been told by Zynga when a new item is sent to their mailing list the old one will no longer be available. Perhaps there might be some special recognition in the form of an achievement down the road for those of us who have collected all of the mailing list items so you better grab yours while they are still available.

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Have You Been [ATTACKED] – Mafia Wars Clans Exposed

9
Oct/0912

Hey gang, Yesterday I said that I was going to give you a list of the clans that I know of in Mafia Wars and I am going to do that but first I want to answer an email question that I received

A regular reader sent me the following question.

What are clans and why would anyone want to be in one?

I will try to answer this question as best I can.

What is a Clan?

A clan is a group of like minded players who work together and make an effort to offer assistance when needed. In other games such as MMO (Massively Multi-player Online) games such as World of Warcraft, Warhammer, and others clans are known by other names such as player associations, guilds, etc.

Why would anyone want to be in a Clan?

Clans give players a sense of belonging to something larger than themselves. Most people in the world like to work as a team in whatever they do. Clans give them the ability to do it in games.

In most cases the leadership and officers of a clan have been playing the game for an extended period of time and most of them are more than willing to pass on the knowledge that they have amassed over time to players who have just started the game. All games have a learning curve and being a member of a guild, clan, or whatever you want to call it makes it much easier on new players.

There are many reasons that someone might want to join a clan. It could be prestige because most clans are exclusive and are by invitation only and having a highly sought after clan affiliation is a big draw. Others join them because the clam might be dedicated to one aspect of the game such as being masters of the hitlist.

You can tell most people who are affiliated with a clan by some form of symbol as a prefix to their name. One of the requirements for most clans in Mafia Wars is that you spend Godfather points to change your name to add the prefix.

Here is a list of known Clan symbols that appeared on the Mafia Wars forums. Some of them are merely an explanation of the code while others include a link to a website or social network page.

[AIG] – American Internet Gangsters – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78123960574

[AJC] – Abby Jenkin’s Crew – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=80239609688
- http://www.facebook.com/board.php?gid=55572877943

[AMW] – Australia’s Most Wanted – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=77867527034

[AP] – After Prohibition – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70584096701

[ASS] – Assassins – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52192497069

[AWR] – America Wasn’t Ready – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66807636097

(BBB) – Best Bully Beaters – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61162673401

[BC] – BlackCovenanT – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55544756394

[B&C] – Bonnie & Clyde Gang – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=87656255347

{BIM} – Boston Irish Mob – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61953822516

[BM] – Balkanska Mafia (The Balkans) – ?

[BMI] – Balkan Mafia International – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71144698355

[BMF] – Big Money Families – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78076160534

[BMW] – Bandit Mafia War – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58487746887

[Blacksheeps] – Blacksheeps Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54103381458

[CASA NOSTRA] – Casa Nostra – ?

[CC] – Croatia Connection – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69799572287

[CENIDO] – Cenido Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50892908629

{CHAIN} – Crime Handling Associates Insurance Net
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72949880814

[CIA] – Crime International Associates – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=137014105300
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81696193384

[CiB] – Chicago Irish Brotherhood – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=97872166531

[COSA NOSTRA] – Cosa Nostra – ?

[c0ve] – ? – ?

[СРБ] – Serbian Mafia Wars Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72462359917

[CUPOLA] – Cupola Clan – http://www.facebook.com/pages/CUPOLA-Mafia-Wars/81162235041
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56229661617

[CWSM] – Chicago West Side Mob – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=77006740790

[CZC] – The Canzoneri Sicilian Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86686511960
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sicily-Island-LA/Mafia-Wars-Canzoneri-
Clan/73679157587

[DCA] – Don Corleone Alliance – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=145556440186

[DCAA] – Don Corleone Aussie Alliance – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69014333583

[DEATH RABBIT] – Death Rabbit Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65417750212

[DK COSA NOSTRA] – DK Cosa Nostra Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64010431883

[DKMF] – Dansk Mafia Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24054309943

[DMC] – Dark Mafia Crew – ?

[DOG] – Defenders of Good – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60749158299

[Dragons] – Dragons Family Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52173885810

[DSM] – Dark Side Mafia – ?

]o[DSM]o[ - Dark Side Mafia - ?

[DVLZ] – Devilz Inc – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59583916343
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73939405215

[Dvs-B] – Deadly Viper Squad – Balkan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65592787702

[Dvs-Elite] – Deadly Viper Squad – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64665081352

[DYNASTY] – Dynasty – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68372702805

[ECM] – East Coast Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128958760634

[EDMW] – Eat-Drink-Man-Woman – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72095788640

[EFC] – The Enalan Family Crew – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61357861948

[EFF] – Elite Fighting Forces – http://www.mweff.info
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103527714528

[el greco] – El Greco Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52117667331

[ELITE] – ELITE – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63350082775

(ES) – Extermination Squad (Exalted) – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=147921920082

[Exalted] – [Exalted]© – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=147921920082

[EXCELSIOR] – Excelsior Clan – ?

[FBI] – Facebook Illuminati – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=91380838711

[FgM] – Forgotten Mafia – ?

[FIN] – Finland – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59014252259

[F.I.S.T.] – First Intl. Serbian Triad – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75213463143

[F.S.A] – Fearless Street Alliance – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64092811945

[FSM] – The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster Mafia Wars Parish
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46352595748

[GB] – Gentlemen of Ill Repute – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74820464306

[GGA] – The Godfather Global Alliance – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62644838527

[GMT] – Greek Mafia Wars Team – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60749158299

[GR] – Greek Mafia Unite – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55472299492

[GTO] – Godfather Team Operations – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66673885066
- http://gtomw.forumotion.net

[HEL] – Mafia Hellas Allies – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52471111247

[HHG Strike-4] – HHG Strike-4 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67351156906

[HLM] – Hit List Mafia – ?

[HLR] – Highlander Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93321666808

[HONOR] – Men of Honor ‘Uomini D’onore’ – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64477144686

[I] – Indonesian Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=96640051071

[IBG] – iblyss ben gang – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54457325355

[ICE] – ? – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62636407229

[I.C.U] – Ice Cold Underworld – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81364375944

>iD< – Implicit Death – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73590322248

[IMC] – International Mafia Consortium – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74685681210 – http://imcoffices.ning.com

[IMG] – Ice Maiden Group – ? [INC] – MURD3R INC – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74301626693

[IND] – Indonesian Mafia Wars – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59108896542

[ITA] – La Mafia Tutto-Italiana e Pura (The All-Italian Mafia) – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70010845680

[J.I] – Joe Iron – http://www.facebook.com/pages/JI-clan-for-mafia-wars/57703626481

[JMG] – Jessica’s Mafia Girls – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55927221830

[JAG] – ? – ? [JRZ] – North Jersey – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67780197532

[JRZ] – South Jersey – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72658868948

[JRP] – Just Real Players – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70014508607 -

KASKUS- – the Lounge Kaskuser Mafia wars – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58864372390

{K I R} – Keep It Real – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65476916990

[K † T] – Knights Templar

[KTA] – ? – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138128955342

[KillerClown] – Killer Clowns – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73738987467

(LCN) – La Cosa Nostra – ?

[Legion] – Legion – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59211812115

[LSM] – The Lone Star Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73640737164

[MACAN] – Mafia Wars Autish Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78047082582

{M.A.} – Mafiaholics Anonymous – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59006992063

[MA] – Mafia Addicts – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59510197961

[MAFIA KING] – Mafia Wars Add Kings – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=139060355257

[McF] – McFamily Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68523352744

[MERC] – Mercenaries – ?

[MFWA] – Mafia Wars Addicts – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52055525765

[MIA] – Military In Action – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54073947437

[MIG] – Murder Incorporated Gangsters – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=135775740203

[M.M] – Madam Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72104492626

[M Mafia] – M Mafia – http://mmafia.comfypage.com – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54947549247

[M Mafia II] – M Mafia II – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61655091305

{MMA} – Metropolitan Mafia Alliance – http://sites.google.com/site/mmafamilysite/Home – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53734448211 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=76514320198 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88602091792 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72732172116

[MMF] – Mnemo Mafia Famiglia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74727201868

[MMF] – Madam MaFia Family – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mafia-Wars-Group-Madam-MaFias-Family-MMF/73441656193

[MMWF] – My Mafia Wars Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67233228619

[MTO] – Mafia Termination Order – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74674463454

{MWA} – Mafia Wars Anonymous http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66977109881

[MWI] – Mafia Wars Indonesia http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65835407624

[MWM] – Midwest Mafia http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=152890150159

[MWGC][MWAC] – Mafia Wars America Connection – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68233498680

[MWGC]

[MWIC] – Mafia Wars India Connection – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69142474988

[MWI] – Mafia Wars Indonesia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65835407624 – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indonesia/MWI/66888926459

[MWL] – Mafia War Lords – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61334347599

[MWM] – Midwest Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=152890150159

[MWO] – Mafia-Wars.org – http://www.mafia-wars.org

[MWP Ltd] – Mafia Wars Philippines Limited – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57649157050

[MWU] – Mafia wars United – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=179431870152

[NutHouse] – NutHouse Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64896471758

[NB[OG] – New Blood Original Gangsters – ?

[NK77] – Not Known 1977 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46515214290

[NKA] – The Ned Kelly Alliance – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=77802676484

[NWO] – New World Order – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84765354128

[NYMW] – New York Mafia Wars – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=99212220309

[OLC] – Ocean Leecher Mafia Wars Triad – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74095492958

[OMERTA] – Omertà – “Code of Silence” – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54690772875

[P51] – Psycho Ward 51 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61808113191

[PETRONE.MF] – Petrone Mafia Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=183134540155 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56258689326

{PMF} – Philippine Mafia Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51595497178 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65687675347

[PWN] – ? – ?

[RED DEVIL] – Devil’s Group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51454282710 – http://rdclan.com

[Red Devil] – SATANS CRADLE (*Devilgroup*) – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61976957242 [R.I.P] – - ?

[REDKIT] – RedKit Mafia Wars – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61902128009

[RM ASS] – Russian Regional Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68219981843

[RTF] – Respect the Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66513418372

[RTR] – Road to Respect – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88845339898

[RWA] – ? – ? {SAN} – Stop At Nothing – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78109561829

[S.S.B] – Sadistic Skull Bangers http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57038323471

{SAN} – Stop At Nothing http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78109561829

[SBC] – ? – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70588662448

(SBG) – Stray Bullets Group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72275306143 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49208928653

[SBM] – Shinebox Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=75883401850

[SCK] – Stone Cold Killer Inc – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59973830484

[SDA] – Society of Deadly Assassins – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98455964001

[SFU] – Six Feet Under – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=87934088832

[SIN] – Strength In Numbers – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60845769636

[SKT] – Skull Triad – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Skull-Triad-SKT/34334369955

[SLON] – SLON Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70948238361

[SMF] – Sexiest Mafia Wars Family – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70111193360

[SpArT] – Spartan 300 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66230721193

[Spartan] – Spartan 300 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66230721193

[SPR] – Super Hero’s Association of Gangsters – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63119982722

[SPT] – Spartan 300 – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66230721193

[SRB] – Serbia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86294251180

[S.S.B] – Sadistic Skull Bangers – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57038323471 – http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=25723444974&oid=57038323471

[SOLLI] – Thomas Solli Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=91322352243

[SotE] – Scum Of The Earth – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64367363151

{~TW~} – Mafia TW – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59255683735 [TBF] – The Best Family – ?

[T.H.C] – The Hitman Company – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=87383704096

[T-DK] – - ?

[T-MY] – Triad Malaysia – ?

[T-UK] – Triad United Kingdom – ?

[T-US] – Triad United States – ?

[T.C.B.] – Taking Care of Business – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130267935470

[T.T.T] – Temporary Triad Transition – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=159662530007

(TFMG) – The Fairest Mafia Groups – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59099319641

[TGC] – Tough Guy Club – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82081019776

[TGF] – The God Father – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61902128009

[THE GREEK MAFIA] – The Greek Mafia – ?

[TMP] – The Maker Of Peace – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61413661425

[TMW] – The Mafia Warriors – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58566713935

[TRS] – The Rattle Snake – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74431834397

[TTD] – To the Death Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63567563053

[UBK] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61691556638

[UG] – Ultimate Guardians Group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62792737054

[UMK] – ? – ?

[UNMW] – United Nation Mafia War – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66555428147 – http://unmw.webs.com

[ UWM ] – Untouchables Worldwide Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54674414639

[Viking] – Viking, Battle for Asgard – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72554836208

[WClan] – The Warrior Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81136344816

[WISE] – Wise-Guys Mafia – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74255566997

[WODB] – World Order of Dirt Bags – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57819213151

{W.O.H.U.G.} – Warriors.Of.Hornsta’z.Ultimate.Gangsta’z.Group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61838151171

[WYB] – Watch Your Back – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=94198972328

[VFK] – Vicious F*cking Killers – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71937103854 – http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cDMzSUxJdkJfZnZINEx3RE1YblVjSmc6MA

{YMC} – Yorkshire Mafia Crew – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=79296465708

[xXx] – Mafia Wars Extreme – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56700496297

[神] – The Oriental Mafia War Clan – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63439097658

This is by no means a complete list. New clans are formed every day. I just wanted to give you some information on clans, who they are, and where they can be found.

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Newbie Education Project for Mafia Wars

9
Oct/092

While I am learning more about Rackets I thought I would pass along some advice for new Mafia Wars players. With the popularity of the game it is inevitable that there will be literally thousands of players joining us each and every day and it is up to us to teach them the “ropes” so to speak.

If you decide to start an organized clan, teach the new members good “netiquette” early on and you will be much better off. Oh, you don’t know what a clan is? That’s easy; a clan is a group of players who have organized under one name. You have seen them and maybe not even noticed or understood.

Take a look at the fight section of the game and you will see some players have initials in brackets before their name. This is their clan affiliation. Tomorrow I will give you a list of the clans that I know of so you can better understand what the numbers, letters, and symbols mean.

Here are a few things that you can teach your players to do and not to do in order to be a better social network citizen.

1.) Gifting

Gifting is wonderful and everyone should participate if they can. The annoying part comes when a player publishes every gift that they give. It is much better just to gift and skip the publishing.

2.) Lotto

We all play the lotto with most of hoping for one of the super rare items from the Daily Chance Collection. Believe me they are rare, I have almost 30 accounts and have yet to get even one piece and I play every day.

Teach your young players not to publish their lotto numbers. No one cares what their numbers were and it just clutters up everyone’s wall.

3.) Hitlisting

If you have been put on the hitlist there is a reason for it, most likely because you have been a pain in the ass to someone else. Remember that the person who claimed your bounty is just a person doing a job so don’t hitlist them. If you must hitlist someone then hitlist the person who paid the bounty in the first place, they are the one that caused you to be attacked.

4.) Wishlist

There is nothing wrong with posting your wishlist to your wall however doing it 20 times per day is annoying. Also, you should try to get all the collections items before going for the big stuff.

5.) Multiple Attacks

Attacking another player is part of the game but you should not get your jollies by attacking the same player repeatedly. Yes you know you can beat them at present but would you like someone doing that to you? Show a little class by and hit them a couple of time and move on to another target.

This advice does not apply to those on the hitlist since the object is to kill the character and collect a bounty. Hit these people as hard and as fast as you can.

6.) Complaining

Say you get attacked from the fight list 10 times in a row from the same person, get used to it and don’t whine about it. Yes, the person that attacked you is doing exactly what I told you not to do, but ultimately attacks are part of the game and you have to deal with it.

7.) Job Bonuses

ALWAYS post your job bonuses to the wall so others can help you and earn some experience and some cash along the way.

8.) Achievements

Only post important achievements on your wall.

These tidbits of advice will go a very long way to ensuring that you are looked upon as a considerate and thoughtful player not only in Mafia Wars but in all of the social network games that you play not to mention the networks themselves.

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Racketeering: My Thoughts Thus Far

8
Oct/090

Though my journey through the new Rackets feature in Mafia Was has just begun I will clue you in on the things that I have discovered. Some of this may be news to many of you while others may have already discovered it for themselves.

Originally Zynga was going to up the skill points gained from leveling to 6 instead of 5 but the idea was tossed rather quickly after they realized that an energy based account, which is what I teach in my Ultimate Mafia Wars Leveling Guide, would simply explode in levels…like you can’t do that already. Grab a copy of the guide and you will be blasting through levels without the extra point.

Instead of the added skill point per level Zynga decided that accounts that have access to the Rackets feature would only require one skill point to level Stamina instead of 2. This is great news if you are they type of player that works the hitlists. For those of you who are pure energy based leveling machines the extra boost to stamina means nothing.

Rackets tend to generate huge amounts of money very quickly. In fact new players with the feature enabled should be able to purchase everything that they can dream of by level 50 or 60 in New York. Soon after that they will discover what most of us already know…money is useless in the long run. With cash being so easy to come by it becomes mundane, especially in New York, and simply takes up bank space. Cuba and Moscow take a bit longer before it becomes useless but ultimately it will.

Parizad who is a Community Manager for Zynga has said:

“Our longtime players will not have their properties taken away, but we are going to give them really good reasons to cash them in. Also, we’re working on whole new kinds of rackets. For example, some will produce boosts, instead of only having the option to get money.”

This would be a good thing since as I said money becomes all but useless pretty quick.

Another added “feature” to accounts with Rackets is that there is no longer any upkeep on weapons, vehicles, or armor. Once again this defeats the purpose of earning billions in cash.

One thing that I dislike about the implementation of Rackets is that new accounts, and those who were given access to the feature (I was not and I have over a dozen accounts) is that they can still rob players who have properties but have none themselves. Let’s hope that Zynga finds a way pretty quick to fix this.

Rackets could be a wonderful thing for Mafia Wars but Zynga needs to balance it quickly. Earning billions in cash is on so good, especially since those with the feature have no upkeep on items. The ability to rob players with properties should be disabled on accounts that have Rackets since the only way to retaliate is to hitlist someone. Not that cash is that important but fair is fair.

Those are my thoughts on the Rackets game for today. See you tomorrow.

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Racketeering in Mafia Wars

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Oct/095

My apologies for the lack of posts over the last week or so, but I have been trying to develop a solid understanding of the new Racketeering feature that Zynga is now testing in Mafia Wars.

Rackets are a feature that Zynga is testing and it is not available to everyone as yet. It seems that all new accounts have access to this feature as well as some current accounts. Personally I have over a dozen active accounts and none of them have access to Rackets.

In order to test out Rackets I started a new account. With this account I am not going for super fast leveling, eventually it will become an account that I use to work the hitlist for experience and profit, but in the mean time I will use it to get a firm grip on the concept of Rackets and take you along for the ride. As I learn new things I will post them here so we can all learn together.

Along with the Rackets feature you will notice that you have a new pool called Influence. The points in this pool are used with the Rackets feature. Instead of simply collecting money from purchased properties you now spend influence points to “shakedown” a business.

Rackets open up at level 4 and you only have two choices to shakedown.

  • Three-Card Monte
  • Strip Club

To shakedown these businesses you begin by clicking “Ready to Collect” and then “Shakedown”. Each of them have a time frame for the shakedown to occur and you come back in the appropriate number of hours to collect your illicit gains.

Another interesting aspect of the feature is that you now have an experience bar for each business and you level them just like you do for jobs. What the rewards are I do not know yet.

You may purchase new businesses to shakedown. The first costs $5,000, the second $10,000 and I am assuming that the expense goes up from there. I cannot attest to this but I have been told that you may have a maximum of 5 shakedowns going at any one time. I will let you know on that part as soon as I can.

The concept of this feature seems to be to keep players more involved in the game and give them less down time. If you have a copy of The Ultimate Mafia Wars Leveling Guide you already know how cut down time to a minimum and thus the feature will have little impact on you.

Many seem to dislike the feature because they have to come back and collect at intervals dictated by the racket that you are working on. The Strip Club has a 22 hour wait to collect and I believe that Three-Card Monte is 4 hours.

I am not sure how Rackets are going to impact the game as yet. I cannot form an educated opinion due to my lack of experience with the feature thus far. I asked others who play what they thought of the feature and have heard everything from how much they love the feature from some and how much they hate the feature from others. There is even a small group that is ready to quit playing over it.

I would love to hear your opinion on it so feel free to leave comments below. Let’s get a discussion going.

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