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Better Loot Items - Based on a lot of searches you are doing, some of you are having trouble getting the better loot items like the bodyguard, armored car and napalm. I discovered something while playing Special Forces (another game from Zynga). I couldn’t get some of the loot in fights that other players had. I got to level 65 before I asked other players to join my squad and I would join there’s of course. Along comes Paulo and he starts picking up loot in fights. I had set him up as Elite (the equivalent to Top Mafia in Mafia Wars).

My forehead still hurts when I realized the connection. Top Mafia players serve two major purposes. They increase your take on a job as long as they are the same level or higher than is required in the job (look at the categories along the top of the jobs page) and they find loot in fights and sometimes the better ones.

Some teams are made up of everything under the sun. I think the players who don’t have the better loot in their mix do not use the Top Mafia capabilities.

My mob is the same number of Napalm, Armored Cars and Bodyguard. All found loot. It is effective in beating mobs 1-2 times my size but not in all cases. Simply put, the team is maximized for efficiency.

Selling Loot? - Another question was “Is there any way to sell loot?” We all have way too much of items like brass knuckles and small arms. I haven’t found any use for them at any time. I have even sent emails via the contact box in the bottom left of the game screen to Zynga suggesting they provide a way to sell these off for some game value - (maybe, reward points?). You might do the same. If enough people request this, they may do something about it.

Purpose of the Bank - It’s there to provide an option as to how you handle your money supply before purchasing anything. If you don’t store it in the bank, others can take some of it in a fight. The downside is there is a 10% fee for each deposit but it seems to be worth not losing your money. My losses are currently at $100,000 per attack (current level 81 when this was written). I couldn’t figure out why you get $70,000/attack from other players until I understood that they don’t bank their cash. You must withdraw to buy everything except paying the hospital fee.

Facebook or MySpace or both - For purposes of testing some of my ideas on a newer and weaker mob, I signed up on MySpace. Most of the development was researched in Facebook.It appears that they are two distinct databases but the same game. I haven’t seen any name duplication. So, it would appear that you can have two separate accounts. Use different email addresses and names so you won’t be so obvious. I’m not sure if Zynga is concerned about this but I’d rather not stir the pot and ruin the ability to further test some of these concepts. To be very honest, I much prefer Facebook over MySpace.

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