Reward from San Juan - extra 3 Days

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Fight On! We're giving you an extra 3 days in San Juan to help those who experienced technical issues with the event. We apologize for the inconvenience.

More on San Juan

It's finally "On In San Juan" for me and I was determined to finish as quickly as possible. You never know when it will be off again. I've covered most of the details in previous articles. I'll just go over a few areas in this one. It took a lot of stamina, health, money (to heal), consumables, and help to complete this event. In addition to the 4 great loot items, I got a total of 12 Skill Points (1 for each of the 12 fights).

Introduction
When San Juan is "On", you will notice the banner has an "Expand" button. When you click on it, the first boss is ready to be attacked.

I clicked on the "What's this ?" question mark and instructions appeared. These are the most detailed set of instructions I've seen in the game. I was expecting it to say something like "Use your stamina to attack the boss and go to The Marketplace when you run out".

Asking For Help
Before you start the fight, you have the option to ask your mafia to help you. They will fight the boss the same way you do but their attacks will count towards your boss fight. The more people that help you, the quicker your Boss will be defeated.

I was happy to have this option and saved it for the harder boss fights. When I utilized the "Ask for Help" button, I got Zynga'ed. In addition to not being able to post my help request, the timer was reset to 2 hours. I did learn that you can ask for help once every 2 hours per boss.

My timer was around 40 minutes for Don Ramirez when I beat him. I didn't have to wait to ask for help when I finally go to Big Lou. Starting a new boss fight starts a new timer.

Consumables
The consumables do different things for the San Juan Bosses than they do for New York and Las Vegas Bosses. In the image below, I highlighted the differences. In San Juan, Health kits heal you to 100% instead of 20-30%, Stun Guns last for 2 attacks instead of 1, Shiv's deal 30% damage instead of an undetermined amount of "light damage" and the Grenades don't seem to have changed. In the image below, I highlighted the differences in the descriptions from the game.

Helping Your Mafia
It's worth it to help your mafia members. The Experience/Stamina ratios are good and if you can't get the loot items from beating the Bosses on your own, you can get them for helping. To start helping your mafia members, look through your news feeds and click on the phrase "Help defeat XXXXX" located at the bottom right corner of the post.

It can get frustrating when you try to help. I always forget to heal myself prior to and if I remember, it's something else!

I had my energy account help me with Big Lou on the Gold Level and it was rewarded a Red Piranha (110/82) for doing so. You can see below that my energy account didn't do any of the boss fights. When I defeated Big Lou with my main account, the Red Piranha was also added to the inventory of my energy account. The only loot item you can't get by helping is the The Outlander. You have to be one of the top 5 helpers and you won't get the loot item if you already have it.

The experience/stamina ratios are pretty good for helping your friends fight the bosses. Here are a few random shots taken while I was helping my mafia members. No matter what Level I was helping with I always got 8 experience points. The exp/stamina ratio for helping with Bronze Level Bosses is 8:1, Silver Level is 4:1 and Gold is 2:1. In addition to experience points, you also get Las Vegas currency and on occasion a random number of Victory Coins.

If you are one of the top 5 helpers for your mafia member and he/she beats the boss you will gain additional experience and cash if you already have the loot item in your inventory. Here is what I got for helping others once I finished the event.

Bonuses
When you win any of the boss fights, you get the option to "Celebrate and let friends get a bonus". Click on the "Share" button and publish the post. When friends click on "Get Bonus", they will get 20 experience points and $V1,000. You can get 10 bonuses a day.

http://mwlootlady.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-on-san-juan.html

Where Is the San Juan Event?

I have defeated all the Boss on San Juan.. so I am not sure if the event is taken from my account because I have already done it or is it for all players..

Is this the answer of all the white screens we had several times ago?

They promised to "brining" back the fight event soon as they have made some adjustment on the game!

Another failure... typically of Zynga..

By the way, I just want to know... is there any player out there who still has the San Juan event on their account? Please let me know, thanks..

Eh, have to edited my post, just got this info when I am browsing the forum...

Apparently they have taken back the event from all accounts!

For all of you who still have not got all the reward items, please be patience as they are doing their best to fix the issue...

Update on San Juan Event

Greetings Players,

We have identified a performance issue that is causing the game to run at a less than optimum experience. We have teams currently investigating the cause.

We have turned off the San Juan fight for all users at this time to assist in improving the unrelated performance issue.

San Juan will be returning in the future when we have resolved the current issue that is causing the increased server load.

We apologize to those that were mid way through the fights and to those who have not yet had a chance to take a shot at the bosses of San Juan.

Thank you for your support.

The Mafia Wars Team

http://www.facebook.com/MafiaWarsFans#!/notes/mafia-wars/update-on-san-juan-event/428483999911

ERROR on San Juan

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It's in San Juan

San Juan Reward Items

First info from Kang Fahmi from Surabaya Downtown Mafia.. (maaf telat postingnya, Kang).. He got this note from one of his mafia..

According to some posts, unfortunately this special event is not simultanously launched on all servers :(

Remember the note provided in this Boss Fight menu:

"There is a time limit on each boss - if you do not take them down within that period you'll have to start over. The boss will not regenerate health if you run away or your health goes down to '0'."

Similar to previous "Beat the Feds" here's the calculation I made to provide several estimations:

1. How many stamina required to finish the Boss?

Basically, huge stamina pool will do much help to you ... but with the downgrade in stamina required in San Juan, I said that fewer stamina pool will also have some possibilities to defeat the boss. Yes, have many friends to help will do the faster completion.

Still, I compare this method of game flow with Castle Age's Monster Fights.

I take an example for Senor Carazco bronze mastery (time limit: 12 hrs)#)

Stamina (S) : 1 (required to attack him)
Boss Health (BH) : 10,000
Damage inflicted by Boss per attack (DB) : 7 *)
Damage done to Boss per attack (DC) : 750 *)
Attack Repetition (R) : BH / DC = 10,000 / 750 = 13.3 ~ 14 (roundup value)
Total stamina required to finish Carazco (I make roundup) = R x S = 14 x 1 = 14
Main point: higher DC (~ your attack skill) will reduce the total stamina required
#) I did this without consumables ... due to low damage inflicted by the boss, I don't need to die :p

*) value will differ according to your current health, att, def stats. I take the highest value to estimate the highest "cost"

2. How much time required to finish the Boss?

Love to estimate how much time to get the reward to avoid disturbance with my other schedule ... :p

Time estimation will include these variables:

Health (H) : 225 (I take conservative way in health allocation)
Damage inflicted by Boss per attack (DB) : 7
Total attacks per round (AR) : H / DB = 225 / 7 = 32.14 ~ 32 (rounddown value)Note: this is estimation for pure attack to Boss, neglecting the damage inflicted by other players attacks (disturbance)
Damage to Boss per round (DR) : AR x DC = 32 x 750 = 24,000
Boss Health (BH) : 10,000So I killed the boss before my health is under 20 (or the worst is dead)
Time required TR : AR x (5 secs + healing interval) = 32 x (5 secs + 0) = 160 secs5 seconds is too much, actually it took 1-3 secs to click attack and get the updated boss screenin other case if you need to heal (I experienced it with General Vargas silver mastery)

Then the minimum value will be AR x (5 + 40) = 11 x 45 = 495 secs

B O S S S T A T S & R E W A R D S

Just have small stamina when I notice San Juan was started, here the information regarding time, Boss Health, and stamina required:

Senor Carazco

Bronze Mastery: 12 hrs , 10,000 HT , 1 sta [reward: Throwing Knives (weapon) 30a 43d]

Silver Mastery: 6 hrs, 30,000 HT , 2 sta [reward: Throwing Knives (weapon) 40a 68d]

General Vargas

Bronze Mastery: 12 hrs , 12,000 HT , 1 sta [reward: MG Gloss 350 (vehicle) 26a 47d]

Silver Mastery: 6 hrs, 36,000 HT , 2 sta [reward: MG Gloss 350 (vehicle) 42a 76d]

Don Ramirez

Bronze Mastery: 8 hrs , 14,000 HT , 1 sta [reward: Night Vision Viewer (armor) 50a 38d]

Silver Mastery: 6 hrs, 42,000 HT , 2 sta

Big Lou

Bronze Mastery: 8 hrs , 16,000 HT , 1 sta [reward: Red Piranha (animal) 56a 48d + Outlander (vehicle) 62a 40d]

Boss Health Estimation:

Considering the HT in Senor Carazco, Vargas, and Ramirez, therefore I estimate that higher mastery will triple the boss health.

Still much better than the health stats provided in Beat the Feds

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regards.
Fahmi

And this info come from Don Räisänen, Rajan and Haider..

San Juan Boss Fights :

Needed stamina : S1/S2/S4.

Here are the mastery items for San Juan event :

Senor Carazco
10 000 / 30 000 / 120 000 Health
A30/D43 // A40/D68 // A49/D87 Throwing Knives



General Vargas
12000 / 36 000 / 144 000 Health
A20/D47 // A42/D76 // A57/D95 MG Gloss 350


Don Ramirez
14 000 / 42 000 / 168 000 Health
A50/D38 // A80/D55 // A106/D71 Night Vision Viewer

Big Lou
16 000 /48 000 /192 000 Health
A56/D48 // A85/D60 // A110/D82 Red Piranha



Beat all 4 bosses at Gold Mastery to win:
A62/D40 // A88/D46 // A112/D58 Outlander

Not bad at all... basically you can defeat all by yourself... but will be nice if you post the "Ask for help" feature.. Top 5 friends who helped will get the same mastery item...

According to Bossy Don from Top Mafia.Info that this event is rolled out to 50% of all players, and will be rolled out to the other 50% tomorrow morning (Zynga time) so another 12 hours to wait!

It is just so sad that I am still unable to do my Boss Fight on this event... got to wait for another 12 hours..

Anyway, have fun killing them all!

An Even Better User Experience

First and foremost, players expect and deserve a reliable game performance. We are always open to your feedback, and the top priority for us is to fix the bugs in our game. This is why we’ve dedicated this week to have our entire team work on these issues.

On Thursday, we cleaned up a lot of bugs to improve the quality of the game. Some of these issues include cracking down on cheaters who exploited a loophole to level up infinitely in Las Vegas. We have zero tolerance for users who abuse the system to give themselves an unfair advantage. We also fixed an issue that didn’t allow some users to send or accept free gifts. Now you can send building materials to friends to upgrade casino properties and chop shops and help them finish their Challenge Mission in Mumbai.

Developers are also fixing issues with It’s On in San Juan, a new limited-time boss fight. We released It’s On In San Juan on Thursday evening. The overwhelming popularity of the event forced us to make adjustments to improve the game performance. We’ve made this our priority to ensure that the feature is reliable and ready for a full release. We will be extending the boss fight event to make sure everyone gets a chance to take down the San Juan bosses.

We have a lot of work to do and a ways to go to improve the game for our users. And we’ll continue to work towards that goal. Have a great weekend playing Mafia Wars.

http://blog.mafiawars.com/2010/09/an-even-better-user-experience.html

Error on Fight Event In San Juan

http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.php?p=6783982#post6783982

Blue Eyed Nate Community Manager Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Zynga Posts: 8

Fight Event In San Juan For those of you who saw the fight event and then it disappeared, we are experiencing issues with our server due to the popularity and will have it fixed shortly. If you did not see the fight event, not to worry... once we have these issues taken care of we will release for all! Happy Icing, Nate _______

It's On In San Juan - Fail!

Ok, the event has started now!

If you have not seen the feature it's because it is slowly implemented on your game server..

So I don't have the event on my game yet... then I have tried to help one of my noob and got this..

No way to get my mastery items then...

Just have to play with my noob.. I can see the San Juan here and quickly to get started!

Haider got this one.. he has more than 1800 Staminas but the message is saying that he doesn't have enough Stamina?

Anyway, I am still struggling with my fight.. if you can do yours, don't forget to open 2 tabs and heal on that page..

Will post the result soon... happy fighting!

Get Ready to Beat the Bosses in San Juan

The bosses are back. Last month you beat the Feds. Now it’s time to take on four crime lords from San Juan. This ten-day fight fest starts today, and it’ll take the power and dedication of you and your strongest mafia members to defeat these Puerto Rican bosses.

Each time you take out a boss – there’s Señor Carazco, General Vargas, Don Ramirez and Big Lou – you are rewarded with Vegas chips, experience points, victory coins and powerful loot. The more bosses you beat, the more powerful your items and bigger your bonuses become.

San Juan bosses give up some sweet loot when you beat them. These include: Throwing knives (highest value tops at 49 attack/87 defense), an MG Gloss 350 vehicle (57 attack/95 defense), a Night Vision Viewer armor (106 attack, 71 defense) and a Red Piranha (110 attack, 82 defense).

Your boss fights in San Juan won’t be easy. First, you have to finish off bosses in a specific amount of time. Once time runs out, a boss recovers to full strength, which means you’ll have to start over if you don’t win the fight. Bosses also get tougher after every time, so it’s critical that you get your mafia to help you. Friends who help beat a boss share rewards with you. Don’t forget to help your mafia too. Top helpers also collect the bosses’ loot for helping their mafia win.

There are three mastery levels – bronze, silver and gold. You must defeat all four bosses to receive the mastery item, an Outlander vehicle. The Outlander increases in value each time you master a new level and tops out at attack 112/defense 58.

Help your mafia fight the good fight to collect items, and make sure they are there to go to battle with you in San Juan.
http://blog.mafiawars.com/2010/09/get-ready-to-beat-the-bosses.html

It's On In San Juan is Open!!!

Ok, the event has started now!

If you have not seen the feature it's because it is slowly implemented on your game server..

We apologize, but the event is currently unavailable. Due to the popularity of the event we are rolling the feature out slowly to avoid any game performance issues. Please check back shortly.

I can see mine here and quickly to get started!

Will post the result soon... happy fighting!

San Juan Event - Sneak Peak!

Woohooo.. got this great info from Surabaya Downtown Mafia again..

One of the fan posted this on the fan page wall.. He was contacting Zynga Support about the San Juan event.. and here is the reply..

Hello Anthony,

Thanks for contacting Zynga Customer Support.

My name is Rodrigo and it will be my pleasure to assist you Anthony. Here is some of the information that you are requesting:
...
San Juan runs from 9/2 to 9/10.


Event structure (similar to Beat the Feds):

4 bosses
3 levels per boss
1 mastery item per level for completing all bosses

Users can request help to defeat the bosses
Attacking a boss pays XP and Vegas chips

Mastery items are:
Boss 1 Throwing knives
Boss 2 MC Gloss 350
Boss 3 Night Vision Viewer
Boss 4 Red Piranha

Master Outlander

3 achievements:
Like a Boss
Who's the Boss
Not the boss of Me

If you have any other concern please do not hesitate and contact me again, I'm always happy to help.

Have a nice day Anthony!

Kind regards,
Rodrigo C.
Zynga Customer Support

Ok, I don't see the San Juan banner on my account... Is that a sign that it will be delayed?

I am sure that they are preparing this event so it will not be another failure event of Zynga!

It's On In San Juan

New banner on my game tonight. "It's On In San Juan" and the "Fight Starts Thurs 9/2". No additional information is provided. Because of the mysteriousness and the phrase "Fight Starts", this reminds me of the "Feds Are Watching Banner" that we all got sick of looking at. It's probably a safe bet to assume that San Juan will be very similar to The Feds. Let hope all the bugs are gone and this one won't be pulled a few times.

In addition to Events, Zynga also loves to recycle graphics. If the guy on the banner looks familiar to you it's because he already has a home in the game. You can find him the first time you enter Cuba.

Would be more realistic if San Juan was in Cuba but it's the Capital City of Puerto Rico. Maybe the Cuban guy wants to start his life over in San Juan. I bet he wishes Zynga would just leave him alone!