Talk:Hired Gun/@comment-3068418-20100916225359/@comment-2225902-20100917015503

Okay gotcha. Well I can answer a few of those I think.

First off, I can tell you, for certain, that having Hired Guns will not allow you to go over the 501 mafia member limit. My mafia is almost entirely Hired Guns (see another thread a few posts down) and my total Mafia size is a bit over the 500. I don't get any more than the usual 501 when I attack.

Secondly, why is Zynga giving them out as rewards? Why Not? Zynga gives out crap items that you can't actually use as rewards all the time. Same with boosts. "Worth" is a matter of perspective on some things (again, see my post below).

Third, I can say that I'm fairly certain Hired Guns aren't factored into any sort of rewards (like secret stashes or fighting as a capo). A buddy of mine has a similar mafia to mine with only 10 or so real people. He fights on that account a LOT and I can tell you from my in game feed that I end up being his capo constantly.

As to your cleaning up your account point... maybe you should consider your Hired Guns part of your "active" mafia. This will allow you to have a smaller real crew of players. Why do this? Well, in my case I had about 50 people in my mafia. Only about 15 played, really. So I bought Hired Guns until I had a 501 mafia. Then I kept buying more until I was able to drop inactive members while maintaining the magical 501.

Just a thought. It's how I play the game... I'm not saying it has to be done that way. I just prefer having a smaller mafia of real friends to spamming add-me threads or having random people on my FB profile.