Friday, 2 August 2013

How To Get Lots Of Head Hunters



UPDATE: Zynga changed something and Head Hunters now count towards the daily gift limit and appear to be capped.

I see many players report that they aren’t getting Head Hunters when they accept them as gifts. This is because they are treated in the same manner as Crew Members. If the queue is full, you won’t be added and won’t get a Head Hunter. The best way to proceed is to think of these items as Crew Members and do what you normally do. Empty your queue before accepting gifts, use the Gift Blaster to send out invites and scan your news feeds. Zynga isn’t the best at math so if you go all out, you will get more than 30 per day. As stated in the FAQ, the mastery item will not be rewarded until the new location is launched so don’t freak out when you don’t get your item.


 

 The Gift Blaster has been updated and you will find “New City Invite” in the default slot. Gift Blast your friends and when they accept your invite, you will get a Head Hunter.

 

 The nice thing about Crew invites is they don’t count towards your free gift limit for the day. The same applies to these New City Invites. Accepting them helps your friends so you might as well. If your queue or their queue is empty, you can also get Head Hunters.

Brazil Workshop & Chicago Speakeasy Updates



With Las Vegas no longer accessible and Bangkok long gone, Zynga finally decided to remove consumables which no longer have a purpose from the the Brazil Workshop and Chicago Speakeasy. The Satellite Phone from Bangkok and Alarm Code from Las Vegas were replaced with the London Job and Bonus Job Consumables shown below. Thanks to Laury Scott for pointing this out on our fan page. While the update improves the logic of the game, it doesn’t do much to help the players. I don't know if this update happened today or if it's been there a while and nobody really noticed.


 
From 2 useless things to 2 sort of useless things.

 

 
The same two items in the Chicago Speakeasy were replaced with the Jekyll and Hyde and Ancestral Crest.

 
These items are also for Jobs and Bonus Jobs in London.

 

Kiss My Rand by Spockholm Mafia Tools



By now we are used to any request in the FeedLimits file returning the following when you click on it. Those who want to collect the maximum number of Randitions per day have to click on hundreds of requests to get there. Kiss My Bot was developed by Team Spockholm to workaround this issue. The good news for those who want Randitions is that there is now a Kiss My Rand. All you need to do is go to the Configure page of the Spockholm Mafia Toolbar and click on the “Force reload Spocklets” and it will show up.

Randition Bug: Fixed



All the conspiracy theories about the Randition can now be put to rest. It was simply a bug and has been fix. The item is now classified as an attack weapon and should be able to tell if it helps you or not. Thanks to Tamara Blevins for updating on our fan page.



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Thursday, 1 August 2013

New Family Icing Event

This time you do it as a family. Your family must rack up ices to earn cool mastery rewards! The top ten Families with the most ices will get additional prizes



Opponents get iced when their health dips below 20 points in a fight.
You can still ice an opponent even if you lose. Restore your health in the hospital to keep attacking!
Iced opponents are grayed out on the fight list. Go for fresh meat!
Ices count toward your family as well as your personal total

GREENHOUSE - Limited Time Property - IN THE GAME NOW

GREENHOUSE - Limited Time Property - IN THE GAME NOW





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Dust to Diamonds (New Location) – FAQ







Q: A New Location is available in the Travel menu. Why can’t I access it?A: We are currently working on a New Location in Mafia Wars. You will be able to access the New Location after it is released.


Q: What is the Dust to Diamonds quest?
A: While you wait for the New Location to become available, you can complete the Dust to Diamonds special quest to win mastery rewards.

Dust to Diamonds has 2 Challenges:


1. Randition Challenge: Collect Randition from your friends through Feed Posts, Jobs or Fights for a chance to win up to 500 New City Cash (Game currency for the New Location). Please note that New City Cash will be credited to your account after the New Location is available.






2. Collect Crew Challenge: Collect Head Hunter from your friends, Jobs and Fights for a chance to win Wild Beast (189/260)


Q: How do I collect the items? What are the daily limits?
A: You can collect Randition and Head Hunter items by having your Friends click on your Feed Posts. You will also receive these items when you help your friends by clicking on their Feed Posts.


You can receive up to 80 Randitions per day through:


Feed Posts – Up to 40 per Day (20 from your Feed Posts and 20 from clicking on your friends’ Feed Posts)
- You will be able to post once every 8 hours
Jobs – Up to 20 per Day
Fights – Up to 20 per Day





You can receive up to 80 Head Hunters per day through:


Crew Requests– Up to 30 per Day
Jobs – Up to 25 per Day
Fights – Up to 25 per Day





Q: What are the Mastery Levels and Rewards?
A: Every time you collect an item, your progress will be counted towards the Mastery of the promotion up to Ruby Level.


Various Mastery Levels and Rewards are listed below:





Grand Reward





Q: Will I receive a separate reward for each Mastery Tier?
A: No, you will receive a single reward item, depending on the achieved Mastery Level on the date of New Location launch.


Q: When will the quest end?
A: The quest will end with the launch of New Location.


Q: When will I receive the rewards?
A: The rewards will be credited to your accounts soon after the New Location is released.