FHEL5 Drops in Brazil

So now Zynga has fixed FHEL5 and all 4 items are dropping correctly now, how are the drop rates? Well 50K fights in Brazil says they aren't great
50,758 Fights Won
121 FHEL5 Items found
1 FHEL5 per 420 Stamina

A run in Bangkok will have to wait overnight at least, it takes 14+ Hours for me to do a run in Bangkok or NewYork

Obsolete already

With all things Mafia Wars Loot becomes obsolete fast! And with today's introduction of FHEL5 more loot then ever has become old news!
Lets look at what was ONCE new and is now Old!

1 Month ago we had 4 new Operations released, These where great and had some nice Stats, but with the pathetic drop rates, getting 501 was going to be impossible 71 operations done here for 6 "Rare" Items and 534 Operations done here for 24 "Rare" items
So for those players who tried their hardest to get the operation loot, What's left? Well the answer is of the 7 New items that where released, only 4 remain standing as HEL

 Or how about the Armoury and Zoo upgrades released just 9 Days ago, 10 New loot items released, of that 3 items where above top loot at the time Now just 1 item is left

 How about the Lucky Stash, That at least costs Reward points to stock up on, Hows it fairing after the release of the latest Fight loot? Again the answer is not good!

 How about the War Rewards they where released just 2 days ago, Surely some of those HAVE to be worth the time gathering!

Tier 2 Rewards are a Strike NOTHING is higher then the current FHEL5 and Job Lootable items

And Tier 3 War items dont look much better! with just 4 Items remaining above the current HEL Standard!

Thanks to the Mafia Wars Wiki for the details on Tier 3 War loot

 So with FHEL5 Making so many things obsolete overnight you have to wonder if one department inside Zynga even talks to another, Surely there has to be some thing going wrong if so much recently released loot becomes obsolete after just one release!

Collections or the lack of them

Recently we had the Superhero collection released, as previously posted there was a limit of 1 item per day, 1 Red bag Item and one Blue bag item but the point of a collection, is to collect them all!
So far with the Mystery Bag collection I managed to collect just 3 items on the first day, and since then just 1 Item since

 But what does someone have to go through to complete this collection? Here is today's run, the same as any other day, 100 Bags be them Red or blue for not one piece!

The same goes for the Brazil collection, sure I have 9 Pieces but I still cant get the collection completed, And its not for lack of trying, I collect my Brazil Properties at least twice a day, and I've tried robbing for them spent over 60K stamina for not one piece, And I collect my Daily Take hoping for day 5 to drop something worthwhile!

So I ask you, at what point does a collection just become to hard to complete? Sure opening over 100 Mystery bags SHOULD give you something worthwhile.... 1 Stamina boost, 1RP and 1 Skill point.... (The worthwhile stuff) as well as 97 Boosts! Whooo for more useless boosts!

Zynga its time to loosen up, Specially with the Precious collection! I'd love to start robbing for these!

2x Fight loot, But where to fight?

With a double loot weekend, the Number 1 question i get asked is where should i be fighting to get the best loot?
Well the SIMPLEST answer to that is Where you win most!
But whilst wining you want your loot drops, so With Brazil doing it normally 5X stamina spent, along with 5X loot drops, today I'm comparing Brazil (5x Loot) to Bangkok (Cheapest place to Heal)

Brazil Before the 2x Loot weekend (click to enlarge)

FHEL4: 20 Pieces

Construction workers: 15

Brazil Timber: 0

Weapon Parts 197

Because of logging problems in Brawler, this have been done the old fashioned way, Take a screen shot before and after fighting

And the Brazil run, Same amount of Wins.... But due to a problem in Brawler logging, most of the loot isn't logged

Fight rewards before Fighting And After fighting

FHEL4 Increase after 13890 Wins:
Tainted Blades: 80
Toxic Gas Scrubber: 0
Venomous: 24
Golden Poison Frog: 0

Total 104 Pieces
Total from the day before the the Double Drops, 20 Pieces

As well as Brazil timber, and Construction workers before fighting And My Weapon parts before fighting in Brazil and After Fighting

Construction Workers: 0
Brazil Timbers: 0
Weapons Parts: 390

From the day before

Construction workers: 15

Brazil Timber: 0

Weapon Parts 197

So fighting in Brazil, Not really worth it Sure 1 FHEL4 per 130 Stamina, but Zero Construction workers, and Timbers! And the reasoning why, is WHEN you win, IF the other player is in Brazil, sure you get 5X the loot normally, for this weekend there 10X and 20X the loot, BUT if the other player isn't in Brazil, you still spend 5X the stamina, but only get 1X the loot normally, or 2x because of the double loot drops weekend!

Bangkok Next

Before the 2x weekend (click to enlarge)

Wins: 13833 - Same amount done in Brazil
FHEL4: 46
Brazil Timber: 3
Construction Worker: 4
Weapon parts: 247

The good news is Brawler had a update and logged correctly now :)
So FHEL4: 84

Brazil Timber: 12

Construction Worker: 12

Weapon parts: 492

Bangkok Double loot achieved! Sure the drop rate for FHEL4 is lower then what it is in Brazil for the same stamina spent But then again, in Bangkok if you Loose you only wasted 1 Stamina, And you know that your going to get 1 drop for 1 stamina, rather then in Brazil where you MIGHT get 1 drop for 5 or 25 stamina spent, Fighting in Brazil has it rewards, but it also has its risks.... Also don't forget you only get 20% as many Victory Coins when fighting in Brazil, So for all the nice things Brazil has I'd prefer to bet on the safe bet, and spend twice as long fighting in Bangkok for the benefit of getting slightly less FHEL but scoring more Timbers and Workers as the sooner you get your Barracks and Refinery fully upgraded the more often you can complete more jobs, and more importantly fight more often for even more Loot!

Italy goes Giftable

In case you haven't noticed yet Italy Loot went giftable today replacing the VHEL as the new top giftable loot
So here is a list of the current TOP giftable Loot, its ALL from Italy, replacing those bits and pieces of Operation loot that was giftable

But when the loot went Giftable Zynga forgot something.... The consumables they still aren't giftable, so if you had planed to use a energy account to help you progress, Sorry guys... more waiting :(

Sure the Consumables where giftable as free gifts for a little while there, but they had daily limited on how many your could accept, and where shortly replaced on the free gifts page by the constant onslaught of gifting events

So what is the current TOP loot? well thats a REALLY hard question.... here is the top IS lootable

The top loot that IS lootable is mostly Operations... sure like I said just yesterday in "Operations just how bad are the loot drops?" it IS lootable but you have no real chance of getting even 100 of these items let alone 501

So what do you have a chance of looting? Well here is your answer These are the items you have a chance of maxing out on, either via gifting or fighting or looting

But event then with the drop rate SO bad in both Italy and Brazil what can you expect most players inventory to look like? well providing you have the stamina, to get the required amount of Victory Coins here is what most players should be aiming for

With this latest change in what loot has gone giftable, you can expect the average Attack and Defence scores to be raised to the 150K milestone over the next coming weeks
Now if Italy and Brazil items actually DROPPED that would help those who don't rely on gifting from a energy account keep ahead of the pack!

Operations just how bad are the loot drops?

So with little else to do for those who have completed everything in the game, normally it would be time to go looting and start building up your collections of 501. But with a drop rates SO BAD in both Italy and Brazil I decided to try my hand at the 4 new Operations. Just to see how much these 4 New ops could do for me

Over the last few days I completed 534 Operations spent 40,409 Energy and 53,640 Stamina I increased my Attack by 214 points and my Defence by 22 points

For those who are interested this is what i looted from all my operations, the good stuff is at the bottom

Name	Number looted
Chariot	61
Deadly Jetpack Prototype	4
Deadly Gold G9	83
Shaped Charge	4
Lonely Heart	3
Set of Twin AK-47	2
Set of Twin Automatic Rifles	5
Armed Doorman	31
Wagner KP8	4
Mesh Alloy	77
Hammer 760-EK	65
Supercharged Fungama Hasu	8
Demolition kit	4
Thugs Bunny	66
Flame Broiler	58
Vicious Tiger	50
Reef Shark	45
Rogue CIA Agent	36
Turkey Vulture	47
Death Dealer Minigun	39
Z4 Night Prowler	47
Urban night fighter	3
Injury Time	66
Grim Reaper	66
Z17 Micro	63
Montery Manta	5
Barracuda	5
Infiltration Gear	42
Sleeper Shot	37
Field Vest	46
Infighter	36
Alpine	4
Sumatra Tiger	5
optical camo suit	1
Ninja	80
Lamang Motorcycle	57
Chain Viper	95
CM Hatchback	97
Flex Guard	76
Swamp Camo	59
Blackmail Light	1
Screech Owl	6
Rainbow Boa	5
Crab claw cutter	2
Ostrich egg bomb	6

So what did I learn from this experience? Well with Italy loot about to go giftable (yep that's due sometime very soon) operations don't pay out very well, and WHEN Italy goes giftable even these new operations are going to be pointless, its so much quicker and easier to click Do Job then it is to Join a operation clear out the slackers and finally complete the operation Not to mention Italy has a much nicer experience ratio then the 1.13 I scored for these 500 Operations!

So now I have gotten to my personal milestone of 5000 operations (well I will when the slackers are kicked) I guess its time to dust off the old Energy account, and start looting in Italy, as its got a much better chance of getting 501 of anything in Italy then I do!

Its such a shame that players NEED two accounts to excel in Mafia wars!

Operations and Loot drops

As we all know we had 3 new Operations released, as well as 1 old one revamped....

So what's the deal with these operations, and just as importantly what's the loot drop like?

Well of the new 4 operations, 2 will show up often, and the other 2 you might never see.....
the Two you will see often are Evade the coast guard, and Take out a rival Operation
The good news the rewards are good for all 4 operations, and especially from the 2 that drop most often

Take out a Rival operation (new version) maxes out at 81 attack for the Crab Claw Cutter and 82 for the Ostrich Egg Bomb

Evade the Coast Guard has loot that ranges from good uncommon loot to great rare loot it maxes out at 78 defence for the Screech Owl and 80 attack for the Rainbow Boa. This operation is best for those still fighting their way thru Mafia Wars, as most of the uncommon loot will help players

So with the loot drop rate in Italy and Brazil being SO BAD, I decided id try my hand at the new operations and see if i had any more luck there....

Total Energy Spent: 5,774
Total Stamina Spent: 6,574
Total operations done 71

Total Loot gained 213 Pieces.... Total RARE loot obtained 2 Rainbow Boa, 2 Crab Claw Cutter, and 2 Ostrich Egg Bombs

But there is good news, you see how bad that LOOKS just 6 good items in over 12K total points spent... well the good point is that's STILL a better drop rate then whats in Brazil... the problem is spending 12K points in Brazil can be done in a couple of clicks, and your NOT limited to only having 10 "Jobs" open at once and needing help from friends to get everyone of your jobs done!!!

The only thing I can suggest Zynga is PLEASE oh PLEASE use line 3 in your Helpmark for operations and do something about them!

Because the drop rate in Italy, and Brazil both suck, So I was hoping with the new Operations I'd have a CHANCE at least to get something worthwhile! But then again there is always a chance I haven't done enough Operations yet.... Just maybe a chance.... 

I'm just waiting till some owners clear out these Slackers so I'm not sitting on 10 Stuck operations and then ill do another one... maybe that one will drop a Screech Owl as since I started taking notes I haven't had one drop!