Update: Sidebar and War Rewards

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Hello Mobsters -

Today we pushed a few small updates. First of all, we changed the layout of the sidebar on the right hand side of the screen.  Trial Pay offers and Special Items are minimized by default, and Helpful Links is expanded.  We have also added the Family Chat function in the sidebar so you can talk to your family members.  You need to hit the “refresh” button at the bottom of chat to keep it up-to-date :)

We also boosted rewards for winning a war. Now, all members of a winning family earn a “War Chest.” The war chest is a new idea, so for now it includes the heist drop items as possible rewards.  We will be tweaking war rewards as time goes on. If you have any thoughts or comments on these updates, please let us know in the forums!

New City: Mexico City!

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Hello mobsters -

Mexico City has arrived! Mexico City is complete with new jobs, new properties, a new Boss, and a new set of collection items to master. El Guapo, the boss for Mexico City, is the toughest boss yet.  To complete the jobs, you will need to collect certain prerequisite items that drop from Palermo. If you have questions or comments, let us know!


We also added in a new filter in the friend selector that allows you to send gifts, items, and all other requests to your Family members.  This should help provide another advantage to being in a family and make it easy to help each other out. Please let us know what you think about this too!

Thanks, and happy mobbing!

Updates: Wars and Sidebar

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Hello mobsters -

Based on your feedback, we have made number of changes to the “Family Wars” feature in Mob Wars.

- fixed a bug with war wins not being counted
- removed healing slider, replaced with time spent out of hospital (longer healed = better)
- brought back hitlist restrictions for high levels
- updated the strength calculation (each win adds to your strength, each loss detracts)
- dramatically increased XP payout from wars

If you have any questions or thoughts about these changes, please let us know what you think!

Second, you probably noticed that Mob Wars is now in “wide screen” mode. We are still experimenting with what to do with the space, but we do plan on adding in a second news feed and a chat function in this sidebar.  If you have any thoughts or suggestions on what you would like to see in the sidebar, please let us know!

Happy Mobbing.

UI Update: Sidebar

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Hello Mobsters! Mob Wars now displays in widescreen mode, which allows for us to fit more of the game on the screen.  We are starting to experiment with what to put in this extra space.  What you see in the screenshot below is our first pass at adding content to the sidebar.  Right now, this includes the links that used to be above the game, as well as the Trial Pay offers that give free points.  You can minimize both of these by clicking on the blue bars above each category. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know what you think in the forums! Thank you.

 

New Feature: Family Wars!

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Family Wars have arrived! Families can now compete in head-to-head matches that prove once and for all who is the stronger family.  Winning families earn bonus cash and XP, as well as bragging rights! We are very excited about this feature and hope you are too.  Remember that the wars feature is still in BETA, so we will be relying on your direct feedback from this point forward on how to continue to balance, fix bugs, and improve the feature.

Please direct all feedback for wars to this thread in the forums. Thanks!

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Boss Concept Art

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The Mob Wars art team puts a lot of time into art that doesn’t always make it into the game.  We feel like this art still deserves to be showcased, so here’s a full size screen shot of a painted Heiko boss concept for Amsterdam!

By the way, if you are an artist who would like to contribute to the game and the community, feel free to visit our forums!

Bug/Patch Updates 4/02/12

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Hello Mobsters! Today’s blog post may not be super exciting, but it should be very informative.  You can discuss these updates in the Mob Wars forums. Thanks!

Features:
- admins can now select one “underboss” to assist with admin duties
- there is a family lookup field to directly look up family names (not a true search)
- the strength and member count for families now disregards “recruits”
- admins and underbosses are now ranked as #1 and #2 in the family list
- we added a family target list that shows all families who are close to you in strength
- added an online now indicator (lights up green)
- added a “recruit” wall post button
- added a “delete all recruits” button for admins and underbosses to more easily manage recruits

Bugs:
- NAV links (Fight, Jobs, etc.) should now be easier to click
- news feed now works on mobile
- blackmarket display bug fixed on mobile
- request notification fixed on mobile
- old, unsupported GF page disabled completely
- returning gifts no longer refreshes the gifting page, allowing you to return gifts normally

Preview: Family Wars

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Hello Mobsters! We’ve been at work improving how families work in Mob Wars so that the stage is set for the “Family Wars” feature.  Since the family updates are being rolled out without much trouble, I wanted to post this screenshot of how the Wars page currently looks.  Now, this is just a “mockup” image that shows what the wars page will probably look like, so this image is just “for show”.

The colorful “slider” bars move throughout the course of the war, keeping track of your family status. There is a news feed in the corner, and you can keep tabs on your family health.  There is more to this page, but we don’t to show everything all at once :)  For feedback and discussion on wars, please visit our forums!