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While I admit that this sort of game isn't my cup of tea and that I'm just here for the badges, I must say that I applaud the developer's friendly attitude while receiving the onslaught of negative feedback that games of this style get bombarded with. Kudos to you in that regard.
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Good on the developer for such a prompt response! Yeah, thought it was pretty funny there that it says 'earn free favor' and then nothing comes up! I was expecting something like kong's NHTA videos, but nada!
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I put all of my points into Energy and Stamina and got all the way to level 61 before petering out. Would have gotten farther IF THE BOSSES DIDNT TAKE TWO WHOLE DAYS TO RESPAWN! You can give and receive boosts to refill energy/stamina, but you can only use each once per day. What's up with that?
Not much point in sticking around after getting the badges - PvP is pretty much dominated by the pay2winners, and bosses respawn too slowly to keep PvE interesting.
The Bosses do refill kind of slowly, that's true, but try hitting your friend's Bosses to off set that. Check out the "Raids" tab. Thanks for the feedback!
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as a badge hunter I don't overly enjoy energy based games. but the game its self isn't bad. the leveling up moves at a pretty good pace, which is nice.
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and i keep having this feeling of playing a game just like this.. maybe it was DoTD, you know, that one which is just like this in a fantasy world?
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Good lord...finally..level 50. Tip: Power attacking the first boss with give you 32 to 40 xp..this is massively helpful. Upgrade just energy until maybe level 20 and then balance it between stamina and energy. So glad I never have to touch this POS again.
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JOIN SONS OF ANARCHY 2 SYNDICATE! MINIMUM LEVEL IS 100! JOIN NOW! http://www.kongregate.com/games/kanoapps/mob-wars-la-cosa-nostra/?kv_kac=factions&kv_kam=profile&kv_kap1=9883&kv_language=en
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It says earn free favour, but when you go there the only option is kreds? Isn't there supposed to be some thing like taking a survey or watching a dumb video? Also you don't need to pay to click if you actually plan out your growth you guys. Join all the games like this one, and when one is 'charging up' swap to the next. I guarantee you'll never need to cease playing if you join this, Clash/Dawn of the dragons, Dream World, Legacy, and Shadowland Online. You'll have a perfect levelup circuit going until all badges earned.
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The biggest problem, for me, isn't that it's a generic "revenue engine" styled freemium game (which absolutely drive me nuts, for the record)... but that little to no effort was put into a lot of the game to make it more than just a revenue engine.
Everyone remembers the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre where Al Capone "power attacked" the North Side Irish gang. He was only able to do that because he invited three friends along to operate a single chainsaw.
...And of course, we all know that when bribing police officers, you need to bring a bullet proof vest. And somehow bribing them brings IN money. And occasionally a motorcycle.
We actually put a fair bit of effort into maintaining our community and changing the game based on player suggestions. We're a small indie company, so we try to keep our players around by listening to them and not over-monetizing.
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Usually don't care much for this type of game, played it for the badges. Now up to lvl 64, and don't hate it as much as most other "energy" games. I'll stick around for a bit longer, playing 10 min at a time, until another game comes to take it's place.
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Only here for badges and dont feel like actually play this? Do job again, do job again, invest in max energy only, do job again do job again, do job again. Easy badge. Repeat for half an hour for medium badge.
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Thank you kongregate for putting on sensible badges for this game. I don't mind these energy games if we can complete the challenges in 1-2 sessions.
Please don't add some silly grind badge!
You can always try writing in to Support to see if they can help you out, but generally we don't reset accounts. Don't worry, there are plenty of ways later to change how your Mobster is built!
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Saw badges. Came to see. Read the comments. Leaving without even trying... Seriously Kong, I hope you really make money with those type of games, because it really annoy your gamers. EVERY time-limited multiplayer game is the same crappy and when they got badges, they all have the same comments about it. You cannot say you don't know. I'm out
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In response to the Developer on my comment: While that helps me to find others posts that doesn't solve my (and most likely others) issue as i still can't get my key after numerous posts since others are not filtering, In a well developed game i would have had the key in 5 minutes so far in a day I've got 2/5 so no key, Secondly offering that many drop options is ridiculous and no one is going to check them all frequently so the Social feed is an Epic Fail, To fix it you need to remove useless crap like players completing a quest or gaining a level, etc... as we don't care about minor accomplishments, While it's good to see you take the time to respond to your players you also need to respond with advice that actually solves the issue.
Fair enough, thanks you for providing detailed feedback. It's true that sometimes it can be difficult to get help on your Challenges due to the amount of stuff we put in the feed. We're always trying to improve our games and we'll take this into account.
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By balancing you mean to try to encourage people to purchase things from your game because the balance from free players vs buyers is quite huge for every part of your game, you can see it more between weapons/fights. I did do the challenges as I waited but you get one shot at the game every what 1 hour or so? Your suggestion for waiting is not well. A game is not suppose to limit you in every aspect, I have no problem with people trying to make money but this is just a lazy and disgusting way to go about with it. My rating for this game started rather high but went down the more I played.
You can ask for Help from your fellow mobsters to earn shots quicker. There is some waiting in the game, yes, but we try to pack in as many things as possible to keep our players occupied.
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How to get the easy badge without waiting: Do jobs non-stop, always raise only Energy. Eventually you won't be able to unlock the level 15 job. Go check the achievements, there are a couple of easy ones that give xp, like hitting the boss once. That should get you to 15. Keep doing jobs. You should ALMOST get to level 20 when you finish the level 15 job. Do a couple more achievements and it should be fine. Never raise another stat, never do PvP, only buy what you need to unlock jobs. You'll get the easy badge with max 2-3 minutes of waiting.(Which should be spent looking through achievements.)
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Game would be much better if so much useless crap wasn't posted in the Social feed, Every time you post your help and challenges links you get no help most of the time since the crap buries the feed quickly, Who cares about someone completing a quest or gaining a level when we really need 5 players to click our challenge link for the extra key.
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http://www.kongregate.com/games/kanoapps/mob-wars-la-cosa-nostra/?kv_kac=minigame&kv_kam=help_friend&kv_kap1=3&kv_kap2=7522297&kv_kap3=1384100702&kv_language=en
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Why do I have to wait to use my boosts? That's rather ridiculous that I have to wait over 20 hours just to use one more, the game is decent up until you get to a higher level (not even that high, around level 40, as usual with these type of games) but then is basically forces upon you to spend money unless you're fine with just waiting around forever to keep playing (at the point, how is it even consider a game)? I'm sure there is people that enjoy this game but, it's for sure not a lot - these games are designed to have a small fan base that are willing to spend some cash or those offers in which still pay you, they're not designed for a huge user base for long term.
There are certain gameplay balancing considerations when it comes to using boosts which is why we have the time limit. While you're waiting try the Challenges for some xp which might help you level up and refill your Energy!
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I enjoy games like this, but the problem is that your energy replenishes way too slowly. "Replenish now for 10 Favor Points or wait 14 hours for a full refill!" Seriously.
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Decent game. I love how some developers are nagging on this game even when their own game(s) have 1.5 to 2 stars. Hahaha. If you don't like this kind of game, then don't play it.
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Well...at least the developer seems to be very positive in face of all the comments. Doesn't change the fact that this game definitely isnt your average kongregator's speed
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Also it would be nice to have some improved UX (user experience, menus, information display, etc.), cause, i get lost with lots of menu and stuff, some times it's not clear what is what ... :/
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I came here for the badges and won't be playing again but I find one redeeming feature to this kind of games: I like calculating the best ROI on what I should do. Which city stuff to buy, which job pays best... This game should be played with excel opened nearby. The only issue is that this is fun for 30min top - lacks the calculating depth of a sim city. And frankly you should label more clearly when a button is gonna spam my friends - "elite mobsters" doesn't sound like you're gonna try to invite everyone.
A lot of people really like the numbers aspect of the game. Thanks for your feedback on the invite stuff, we'll try to make that more clear in the future. :)
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Things that are wrong with this : 1) The screen is so piss-ass annoying when it takes 10 seconds to get to the bottom. I don't need half the shit on the screen! Why can't I shorten it? It's simple convenience! 2) It's way too advanced. Random buttons, overcomplicated shop, too many confusing areas, and rows and rows of buttons. I don't understand it. 3) The Gameplay is EXTREMELY boring. You choose a job, then click "Do Job Again" a few billion times and you're done. I want more to do, but I don't want to explore through a mess of buttons just to play, either! 4) What's up with the battles? You press "Attack" then wait another 3 hours just to attack again. And I see no progression in the battle, or a health bar, at that. 5) Why does this game have badges? There are way better games than this absolute shit, but they don't get badges. You know it's a bad game when half of the users don't actually WANT to earn the badges. 1/5