Sunday, March 27, 2011

Brazil was Broke in a Day!

Rome wasn't built in a day! But Brazil can be broke in a day!
The last 2 days have been PLAGUED with errors, Problems unframing, problems with Missions Problems with every thing it seems, some of these have ranged from small innocent errors, up to the more "frustrating contact CS to progress" any further errors!

Do I get extra skill points for 106% Mastery?
The informative status updates! Barracks make Stamina not C4!


Then we have the mastery loot in Brazil its self

Right the way to the new missions roll outs, Still cant Master a Masted job!
Then we have the lack of popups, no healing no Banking, anything that relied on a popup was Gone!

The FAQ published days ago with the wrong items stats!

And finally we have the Mission where we have to rob Un-robbable properties, and the ONLY way to progress past this was to contact Customer support

Thanks to Arvind Jain for this image
Now Zynga we know this is a new City and we can expect bugs, but come on, what's the go here, who ever designed these missions DOESN'T EVEN PLAY THE GAME!

So Zynga here is my suggestion... Ever here the proverb "A tradesman is only as good as his tools" Let the PAC @ the missions first, Hell just give them a list of the missions and requrements, so they can be read through by someone who ACTUALLY plays the game!

Free Skill point 27th of March

No one @ Zynga bothered to update their Love it Tab on the fan page, and give us the Calendar for March, so In true TopMafia Style I made my own!

14th http://zyn.ga/3We 1 stamina
15th http://zyn.ga/3Wf 1 skill
16th http://zyn.ga/3Wg 1 attack
17th http://zyn.ga/3Wh 1 defence
18th http://zyn.ga/3Wi 1 health
19th http://zyn.ga/3Wj 1 energy
20th http://zyn.ga/3Wk 1 stamina
21st http://zyn.ga/3Wl 1 skill
22nd http://zyn.ga/3Wm 1 attack
23rd http://zyn.ga/3Wn 1 defence
24th http://zyn.ga/3Wo 1 health
25th http://zyn.ga/3Wp 1 energy
26th http://zyn.ga/3Wq 1 stamina 
27th http://zyn.ga/3Wr 1 skill <- Today's Point
28th http://zyn.ga/3Ws 1 attack
29th http://zyn.ga/3Wt 1 defence
30th http://zyn.ga/3Wu 1 health
31st http://zyn.ga/3Wv 1 energy

Zynga Please note, My Calendar making skills are open, I accept all payments in RP!

Brazil missions the inside track! (Part 2 of 2)

Well we finally got the last of the details of the 65 Brazilian Mission, And the good news is unlike some of the ones in the first batch, these are all achievable, sooner or later
Time to read ahead, and plan your Mafia Wars timers around them
Part 1 is posted here

32) Mrs. Maria Rosa
Reward: Rosa Luxury Helicopter (Silver)


33) A Long Vacation
Get Support from your Mafia (14)
Take out 5 of Doxie’s Guards.
Collect from your Barracks 2 times

Reward: 1 Local Informant







34) Hard Hitters
Do Job Take Over a Shipyard 15 times
Rob 25 times in Brazil
Activate 2 Crew Members in Brazil

Reward: Brazil Real 14,000





35) Lucas Sousa
Reward: Sousa Sport (Silver)

36) Meeting of Crimes
Win 40 Fights
Win 1 War

Reward: Local Informant





37) Get them to Talk
Rob 22 times in Brazil
Loot 15 Wooden Crates from Robbing
Make 2 items in your Workshop

Reward: Open Bolt SMG







38) Lieutenant Emilio Sandoval
Reward: Sandoval Vest (Gold)

39) Medic!
Get Support from your Mafia 4 times.
Collect from your headquarters 2 times.
Do Job Impersonate a Wealthy Entrepreneur 10 times.

Reward: Gas Can






40) Got to Go
Win 40 Fights in Brazil
Declare a War 2 times.

Reward: Just XP




41) Pablo Alvares “The Dockmaster”
Reward: Pablo’s Gutting Knife (Gold)

42) Government Work
Fight 90 opponents in Brazil
Win 1 War
Activate 3 Crew Members in Brazil

Reward: Button Camera




43) Smuggler’s Den
Ask for 8 Backpacks from Mafia
Do Job Pilfer From a Rebel Supply house 12 times
Take out 7 Local Cops
Buy 1 Horny Toad ATV

Reward: Just XP



44) Capitao Tinto
Reward: Tinto’s Jaguar (Gold)

45): The Last Straw
Take out 3 Trouble Makers
Collect from your Headquarters 2 times.
Do job Push Over a Gun Runner 10 times

Reward: Radio Phone





46) Building Goodwill
Get Support from your Mafia 16 times.
Win 50 fights in Brazil.

Reward: Brazil Real 16,500




47) Mrs. Maria Rosa
Reward: Rosa Luxury Helicopter (Gold)


48) Two Birds, One Stone: Part 1:
Win 2 Wars.
Rob 4 Headquarters in Brazil.
Loot 8 Wooden Crates from Fights.

Reward: Arma Cunra




49) Two Birds, One Stone: Part 2:
Do Job Detonate an Ethanol Shipment 9 times
Win 30 fights in Brazil

Reward: Satchel Charge





50) Lucas Sousa
Reward: Sousa Sport (Gold)

51) Peace Maker
Activate 4 Crew Members in Brazil
Win 40 fights in Brazil

Reward: Brazil Real 4,000





52) Pit Stop
Win 2 Wars
Collect form your Barracks 1 time.
Loot 10 Wooden Crates from Robbing.
Make 1 Gas Can.

Reward: 2 Chomper




53) Lieutenant Emilio Sandoval
Reward: Sandoval Vest (Ruby)

54) Under the Rug
Get Support from your Mafia 18 times.
Rob 7 Refineries in Brazil

Reward: Brazil Real 6,000





55) Expose a Crime
Win 45 fights in Brazil.
Collect from your Refinery 2 times.
Do Job Bribe a City Official 14 times

Reward: 2 Jiu Jitsu Gi




56) Pablo Alvares “The Dockmaster”
Reward: Pablo’s Gutting Knife (Ruby)






57) I Need Backup
Rob 20 times in Brazil
Make 5 Radio Phones
Ice 5 opponents in Brazil







58) Give Them The Slip
Do Job “Bribe A Police Commandant” 8 times
Win 2 Wars
Activate 4 Crew Members in Brazil

Rewards: 2 Amazon Dolphin




59) Capitao Tinto
Reward: Tinto’s Jaguar (Ruby)

60) Crash and Burn
Ask for 11 Backpacks from Mafia.
Rob 16 times in Brazil.
Take out 4 Angry Mobs.
Collect from your Headquarters 2 times.

Reward: Brazil Real 12,000



61) Call to Arms
Ice 6 opponents in Brazil.
Win a War

Reward 2 Rat Tat





62) Mrs. Maria Rosa
Reward: Rosa Luxury Helicopter (Ruby)

63) Big Brother Watching
Complete “Smuggle Weapons Down The River To a Recife Port” 12 times
Buy 2 Croc Skin Jackets.
Loot 5 Wooden Crates from Fights.

Reward: 2 Black Caiman

64) Guardian Angel
Get support from your Mafia 19 times.
Rob 12 Barracks in Brazil.
Win a War
Do Job “Give Chase to The Neo-Imperium” 15 times

Reward: Brazil Real 28,000

65) Lucas Sousa
Reward: Sousa Sport (Ruby)

Problems with Unframing

Yesterday Zynga pushed a update, that broke all popups, the catch is required popups like the bank, healing, and the robbing bonus didnt show up at all.... Later in the Day Zynga got around to fixing it, the bad news, is whatever fix they implemented it broke popups on a unframed page :(

The good news is the team @ Spockholm has been working on this problem all day

Playing unframed still isn't 100%, and to get any popup you have to click unframe a 2nd time after opening the game when doing so you will be greeted with this message


If you click OK you have Popups congrats!!! But each time you change pages, you cane expect every popup  that could show up on the page, coming to life!
If you click Cancel then you go back to a life without any popups including banking and healing!
remember that next time you say you want "no more popups", Some popups are part of the game!

In saying all that, it seems someone on the forums was digging in the source code for Mafia wars, and came across this comment line
"//this is done so the first promo can be seen after the user closes out half a dozen popups"


Hmmm Maybe Zynga is out to get us....
No news on if this is going to be a permanent part of our game, current bets are hedged towards the update that caused all these problems being rolled back, and someone sitting down and recodding it Bug free
Either way, there is nothing to do but sit and wait for Zynga to decide what they are going to do, for the moment I'm using more bookmarklets then ever, now that I have to use 1 to bank, 1 to heal, one for properties etc etc etc
Good going Zynga!