New Free Godfather Point Link

New Free Godfather Point Link:

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/index.php?next_params=YTozOntpOjA7czo1OiJpbmRleCI7aToxO3M6OToiZmFuX2JsYXN0IjtpOjI7czo2OiImaWQ9MTIiO30%3D

5 Free Godfather points! Enjoy.

No news yet on Bangkok. I'm guessing a lot of it is finished and they are still waiting on a certain percentage of daily active users to finish Moscow up.

If that doesn't work for you, hop over to the Mafia Wars Fan Page on Facebook and click on the link there.

Mafia Wars Bangkok soon!

Mafia Wars Got Tools Achievement, Gift Safe House Re-Opened

In addition to the free loot and items, a new achievement was added to the game, Got Tools?:



Pretty easy - just download and install the Mafia Wars Toolbar. You can always uninstall it later if you don't want it - you will still keep the achievement.

Additionally, the gift safe house has been re-opened. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if this is the developers stalling for time to finish Bangkok by the end of the month, but I would jump on it quick! There's 10 slots available in the gift house and you can open a gift (even if no one sent you one) for 2 godfather points.

Mafia Wars Bangkok Beta Coming Soon!

From the Mafia Wars application home screen:

"Bangkok Beta Coming Soon: We are happy to announce Bangkok will be going into beta very shortly. We will be asking some of our players to provide important feedback and make improvements for the final release. Please stay tuned.
The question is - who gets to test it? I wonder if it will be like Cuba where about 10% of the game will get access to beta or if it will just be a handful of community members.

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Other servers quirks & outages the past few days:

Certain New York jobs were dropping high end Moscow loot pieces over the past day. This has since been fixed according to the Mafia Wars patch notes. Thanks to Kris for the picture:

Between all the Moscow loot that is flooding into the game between this bug, loot drops being added to fights, and Bangkok beta being very imminent, the value of Moscow high quality loot is likely to plummet. Get your lotto collection now before you're left holding these items that are rapidly losing their value.


Differences in super stuffed crate prices:

For some reason some accounts are having to pay an extra 20% godfather points for the same super stuffed crates. Thanks to Randy for the pic:


As you can see, he has to pay 25 godfather points for a single Super Stuffed Crate or 69 points for 3, while my current cost is only 20 and 55, respectively. The only thing I know is that his account is relatively new where my account is many months old.


Servers have also been going in and out over the past few days, but that is to be expected as the game is being prepared for Mafia Wars Bangkok beta and the addition of Moscow loot to fights. I will have more info on Bangkok soon!

Sports Mystery Crates, Super Stuffed Mystery Crate, & Dragos

It looks like our new content of the week was just some new items:

The Dragos is the new limited time loot shipment. As expected, it's not all that great, but more disappointing is the fact that it's still Moscow themed.. was hoping for some more Bangkok related items.


Mystery Crate Changes

The mystery crates went through a change this week, and there is now two iterations of the mystery crates now available for sale:


So, the Sports Mystery Crates are functioning much like old mystery crates - various percentage chances of getting various quality items. However, these boxes are now cheaper at 12 points for one or 35 points for three (old was 20 and 55 respectively).

Now, at the old price (for some anyway), a new type of crate, super stuffed crates, are available. Each crate has 1 item (like the old mystery boxes), 3 consumables, and 5 boosts inside.

Super Stuffed Crates have the same items as the sports mystery crates. The only difference is you get some 3 consumables (like 1 blackmail photo, one concealable camera, and one untraceable cell phone) and 5 boosts (just random boosts such as semi-pro boxer). I am assuming we will continue to see this same trend, and as new crates are issued, the "super stuffed crates" will stay the same and keep the same name, but the other crate (sports crate) will change.

Here is the loot list for the sports mystery crate (and in turn the current list for the super stuffed crates):

Thanks to APerfectC for the loot list:

Weapons:

Hockey Stick (common) 23a 18d

Lacrosse Stick - (common) - 18a 19d

Cricket Bat - (uncommon) - 29a 21d

Armor:

Shin Guards (common) - 16a 23d

Football Helmet (uncommon) - 13a 26d

Chest Protector (rare) - 22a 36d

Vehicles:

Stock Car (rare) - 39a 22d

Football Cart (uncommon) - 16a 30d

Other News:

Moscow fights are now dropping Moscow loot. While this may be appreciated by some, I'm not issuing any back pats for something that should have been done back in 2009.

Mafia Wars Job Mastery Loot Increase Reward

Ever since I posted about getting the lotto collection, I've been getting a lot of e-mails about an unexpected aspect of the post. Many seem to have never read that there was a 10% bonus to loot drops for mastering a tier all three times. You can actually find this information in game. Here is how you can see it with your own eyes:

When you master a job (just a job, not a tier), notice the "Master all the ___ jobs to unlock exclusive rewards" message.


By clicking on the "What's this?" click, an explanation of what the rewards are pops up:


Note the rewards:

- Mastering a tier one time gives a title.
- Mastering a tier two times gives a new title and +5% loot drops.
- Mastering a tier entirely gives a new title and +10% loot drops, in addition to whatever the job mastery reward is for that tier.

Also note that you need to actually completely finish the tier to get the loot bonus - you get nothing for just finishing individual jobs (aside from the stat points of course).