Family Properties and Lost Mafia Strength

Reprinted from Official Mafia Wars Blog



A number of players are reporting that they've recently noticed sizeable reductions in their Mafia Attack & Defense strength. We wanted to assure you that your stats are not disappearing. In fact, they’re probably better than they used to be, even if they may fluctuate a bit more day-to-day. We hope the following explanation will put all of your minds at ease.
There are 2 reasons your Mafia Attack & Defense strength may be fluctuating:
1) Because any items you add to your Family Properties are removed from your personal inventory, their Attack & Defense strength is no longer applied to you personally, but to your Family Property instead (so choose those items carefully). Read our Family Property blog post for more details.
2) Building the first Family Property, the Artillery Station, grants you a Family Property Bonus of 1,000 Mafia Attack Points, but only when its health is at 100%. The Family Property Bonus you receive is reduced when the property is damaged as the result of rival families robbing from it, so you'll want to repair it to keep its health (and the Family Property Bonus) at 100%. Also, 1,000 Mafia Attack Points is just the bonus for a Level 1 Artillery Station; you can increase the maximum possible Family Property Bonus awarded by each property by upgrading them to higher levels.

We hope this explains what the recent shifts in your Mafia Attack & Defense strength. In reality, the biggest changes are likely from a rival-family robbing your Artillery Station and reducing your family bonus. Be sure to read our Family Property blog post for more details, and head to your family page to upgrade, defend, and repair your family’s Artillery Station to receive the maximum possible Mafia Attack strength Family Property Bonus from it!

Family Properties

The Artillery Station is the first Property your Family can protect together.
To repair and upgrade the Artillery Station each member of your Family can collect up to 20 Parts per day through requests and gifts, further you can collect 30 Parts per day from robbing other Families Properties.
To defend the Artillery Station each member of your Family can add up to 5 Items from their inventory to the Artillery Stations, the higher the defense Stats of these Items the higher the defense for the property. The items added to the property will be consumed and cannot be returned to the players’ inventory even when they change the item for the property!
Properties can only be upgraded when repaired (click here)

The Bonus your Family receives from the property is based on the shared property level and damage status.
 
Your Mafia Wars Team

New Feature: Family Properties

Reprinted from Offical Mafia Wars Blog

We're excited about all the attention the new Family Properties feature has been getting and are working hard to iron out the last remaining bugs. (Be sure to let us know in the Bugs & Support forum if you're experiencing any.) There has been some confusion regarding how Family Properties work; we're going to try to clear that up here.

Let’s start with explaining why it's a good idea to build and defend Family Properties: for the Family Property Bonus! The reason to build the first Family Property, the Artillery Station, for example, is that it nets you a 1,000 point bonus to your Mafia attack (when its health is at 100%).

There are 10 levels to each Family Property and, in the case of the Artillery Station, each level grants a 1,000 point Mafia attack bonus. A Level 10 Artillery Station, then, will grant you a 10,000 point bonus to your Mafia attack! (Again, that's when the Artillery Station is at 100% health.)

As rival families rob from your Family Property, its health decreases and the Family Property Bonus you receive is reduced. Keep your Family Property fully repaired and maximally defended to maintain 100% of the bonus its level can grant you.

Once you've built a Family Property, there are 3 main things you can do to it:

1) Upgrade it. This increases the max Family Property Bonus the property can grant you. Upgrades are performed with consumable parts, which are available from robbing rival families' properties (max. 30/day) and from requests & gifts (max. 20/day). Note: Damaged properties cannot be upgraded until they are fully repaired. Read on to learn more about repairing your Family Properties.

2) Defend it. This makes it harder for rival families to reduce the Family Property Bonus the property is granting you. Each family member can add up to 5 items to a Family Property (higher defense stats = higher property health), but be sure to choose carefully, as the items you select will be removed from your personal inventory and cannot be recovered, even if you decide to better equip the Family Property later on. Items of all classes may be contributed; try combinations to earn a bonus!

3) Repair it. Restoring your Family Property's health recovers any Family Property Bonus reductions resulting from rival families robbing the property. Family Properties do not heal themselves; repairs, like upgrades, are performed with consumable parts, which are available from robbing rival families' properties (max. 30/day) and from requests & gifts (max. 20/day).

Now that you know how Family Properties work, head to your family page to upgrade, defend, and repair your family’s Artillery Station and rob from those of your rival families! (You can also rob the Family Properties of a rival family by going to the “Properties” tab on their Family Page.)

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Family Properties

 Protect your Family's shared property and rob your rival's families.

Build Property – Upgrade and repair your property with consumable parts. Parts are available from robbing properties (max.30/day), requests & gifts (max. 20/day).

Rob Property – Successful robberies cause damage to the opposition's property and has a chance of awarding crafting parts.

Defend Property – Health/Defense is determined by items allocated to property by individual players (higher defense stats = higher defense). Allocated items will be consumed. Each player can contribute 5 items per property. Items of all classes may be contributed, excluding limited or restricted items; try combinations to earn a bonus.

Upgrade/Repair Property – Upgrade or repair property by individual contributions of property parts and part requests. Properties can be upgraded up to Level 10; damaged properties can't be upgraded until repaired. Parts will be consumed.

Family Property Bonuses – Bonuses are calculated based on shared property level and damage status.

KNOWN ISSUE Family Battle - Battle Can Be Initiated By Any Member


Hello Mafia Players,

We are aware that some of you are experiencing the following issue:

Family Battle - Battle Can Be Initiated By Any Member
Issue: All family members, no matter of rank are currently allowed to start a Family Battle.
Status: Investigating. If you are experiencing this issue, please reply to this post with your answers to the following questions so that we may better assist you. 

Remember, only forum moderators, administrators, and Mafia Wars developers will be able to see your post, so your information will remain private.

1. When did you first notice the issue?
2. What are you doing in the game when you experience the issue? (Please provide as much detail as possible to help us reproduce the actions that trigger the issue for you.)
3. What Internet browser are you using and what is its version number? (Example: Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.)
4. What is your Facebook profile link? (Examples: http://www.facebook.com/username orhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=4444444444444444)

Thanks,

~Mafia Wars Team
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