Quote Originally Posted by Weasel View Post
This isn't real life, but if it were, none of the rivals you attack get warned you are attacking them which makes each attack you initiate the equivalent of a surprise attack. Unless you were unlucky enough to launch a surprise attack against someone highly trained in hand to hand combat, your victim wouldn't be fighting back with all their might, even if they managed to get in one single punch.



Your theory allows for the possibility of a draw, which cannot happen. If you destroy your opponent in mafia attack vs mafia defense, yet they destroy you in both the kingpin and accomplice categories, a tie breaker must come from somewhere. As per the AMA:

"Largely irrelevant" is not "completely irrelevant/no longer a factor."
My "theory" (which I've been using successfully since just before the first accomplice war) is perfectly sound. You only need to score 50% to win an attack, which is why it has been possible for mini and low level accounts to beat high level players with much bigger stats, but who haven't paid enough attention (or any) to getting accomplices. A draw is therefore not possible; you either score 50% or higher, or you don't.

The mafia win will do it alone. To win on accomplices if your mafia isn't good enough you need to win convincingly on both.