We’ve pointed out on many occasions that Collectable Stat Cards are only a gimmick and how you can get more skill points per reward points by speeding up property crafting timers. Since their introduction, Collectable Stat Cards have been offered for 20% and 30% off and were still not a deal. Now Zynga is going for 40% off which is a sign that these cards are not selling like hot cakes. Zynga has an opportunity to make them valuable. If those who purchase them get the skill points and can trade them to other players, they would be a hot commodity. Doing some math, these are still not a good deal. All Zynga will accomplish with this offer is cause the players who do purchase these cards to wait until they are offered at 40% again.
The sale price applies to all sets of Collectable Stat Cards and not just the Retribution Collection that is featured on the Home Page banner. Before determining if this is a good deal, we need to see the skill point offers for each card. If you head on over to the Mafia Wars Wiki Collectable Stat Card Page, you can see the range of skill points per Collectable Stat Card is varies from +3 to +10. The quality of the card determines the number of skill points you get and common cards drop much more frequently than the rare ones. The cards with the higher number of skill points usually contain health.
It’s hard to calculate how many skill points you can get for 9 reward points because you have no control over which card Zynga will give you. From experience, you do get many more low end cards with +3 skill points than you do the higher ones with +7-+10. For simplicity, lets just say you will get an average of +3-+5 skill points per 9 reward points. Looking at the cost of your Chop Shop, Weapons Depot and Private Zoo, you can see that you are still better off getting your skill points this way. For 12 reward points, you can get +6 energy, +6 stamina, +6 attack, +6 defense and +20 health. Forget the loot rewards, they are of no value as the will become obsolete in no time. If Zynga wants us to purchase these cards, they need to come up with a better offer than 40% off or give them more value.
The sale price applies to all sets of Collectable Stat Cards and not just the Retribution Collection that is featured on the Home Page banner. Before determining if this is a good deal, we need to see the skill point offers for each card. If you head on over to the Mafia Wars Wiki Collectable Stat Card Page, you can see the range of skill points per Collectable Stat Card is varies from +3 to +10. The quality of the card determines the number of skill points you get and common cards drop much more frequently than the rare ones. The cards with the higher number of skill points usually contain health.
Series 1: +3-+7
Series 2: +3-+7
Series 3: +3-+10
Series 4: +3-+10
Series 5: +4-+9
Series 6: +3-+9
It’s hard to calculate how many skill points you can get for 9 reward points because you have no control over which card Zynga will give you. From experience, you do get many more low end cards with +3 skill points than you do the higher ones with +7-+10. For simplicity, lets just say you will get an average of +3-+5 skill points per 9 reward points. Looking at the cost of your Chop Shop, Weapons Depot and Private Zoo, you can see that you are still better off getting your skill points this way. For 12 reward points, you can get +6 energy, +6 stamina, +6 attack, +6 defense and +20 health. Forget the loot rewards, they are of no value as the will become obsolete in no time. If Zynga wants us to purchase these cards, they need to come up with a better offer than 40% off or give them more value.
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