I’m definitely not an expert when it comes to Mafia Wars, but this is what has worked for me so read this at your own risk! haha… I actually started playing Mafia Wars back in April and since the day I gave in to a friends invite, I’ve been unable to stay away. Within a couple months, I finished tier one of the BOSS level and I’m currently working on the completion of level 140. Along the way, I’ve been able to recruit 677 mafia members and ALL my top mafia members are at least level 1000 or above. How did I do it? Lets begin.Recruitment
The most important aspect of Mafia Wars is definitely the recruitment of your initial 501 mafia members. The reason is simple : The bigger your mafia, the more weapons and vehicles you can bring into a fight. Initially, I simply invited friends on my list to join my Mafia, however this limited me to around thirty members or so since many of my friends were not interested in playing.
This was when I decided to “Add Members” outside my friends circle. In order for you to recruit Mafia members, they must be part of your friends listing. There are problems associated with this since you may lose some “privacy” if your worried about personal photos and such, so be sure to either set up another profile for MAFIA WARS only, or remove any sensitive information you might have on your profile you rather not have “strangers” see. You may also delete “friends” after you have successfully added them to your Mafia, but they won’t be able to help you out on bonus jobs or swap items with you to use.
Okay, now with the actual adding of Mafia members. The fastest way to do this is to become a of fan of Mafia Wars using this link. Once you are a fan, simply click the discussion boards and there are several threads with titles such as “ADD ME and I’LL ADD YOU”. Now look carefully at the latest posts of each thread and find the threads with the most recent updates. Click “Last page”, and you’ll bring up the thread with the most recent posts. I normally add members (click their names) who posted in the last ten minutes or so since they are the most likely to respond right away. Limit yourself to about twenty or so invites daily however. Facebook will suspend your account if you abuse the “Add Friend” feature. It actually took me about a month to recruit my initial 501 members, but it was worth the wait because it made it easier to properly equip all my new members with the best equipment available as I went along.
There are also other methods of recruitment, but I found the the actual mafia fan board to be the most consistent and effective. Recently, my friends and I have started a crew to build relationships with other mafia war players and you can visit our fan page here for details. Once you become a fan and add our crew tag to your mafia name, you’ll be able to join our exclusive group where we swap items and weapons as well as help with hits on other mafias who are giving lower ranking members problems.
Bonus: Recruitment of High Level Mafia Members
I’ve found that in most cases the MAFIA WAR discussion boards have members who range from level 1 to 400. Its definitely a great idea to recruit these members into your mafia, but you want your top SIX mafia members to provide you with the best bonuses available. It took me a bit of time but I’ve been able to assemble a TOP MAFIA group with members over level 1000. This is what I did. Each member you fight uses their mafia name, but not their actual facebook name, so when you search for those mafia groups, you wont be able to find them. However, they also use an avatar to represent them. If you put your mouse over the avatar it gives you their real names! I simply typed their real names in the search, looked for their matching avatar, requested their friendship, and asked for a mafia invite. Many of them are so highly ranked they actually ignore your requests, but there are some who will add you. When you do get a request to go through, be sure to click the TOP MAFIA link on your MAFIA WAR homepage and add them as one of your six top members. They provide nice bonuses for attack and defense, as well random chances at extra cash and experience points when you get into fights. Hopefully this will work for you. It helped me move up much quicker.
Doing Jobs and Point Distribution
Besides recruitment, the ability to “Do Jobs” is probably the most important. This basically requires a stat called ENERGY to be increased each time you level up (five points per level). What worked for me was using three points per level on my ENERGY stat for the first one hundred levels completed while using just one point for attack and one point for defense. After reaching level one hundred, it really depends on what you plan to do with your character to decide on your distribution. I’m much more of a fight first type of character so I prefer to put alot of points on attack, but those who rather level up as quickly as they can, may want to put more points on energy or defense.
Just remember that the attack and defense stats are important, but they only become really useful when you reach the 501 mafia limit. Prior to reaching the MAFIA limit, its actually more valuable if you concentrate on recruitment and leveling up rather than worrying about the attack and defense stats. Why is this? Its pretty simple. A mafia of three hundred is more powerful than a mafia of fifty. Even if your both the same level, the bigger mafia has a greater chance of winning a fight simply because of greater numbers. So in short, when beginning with Mafia Wars, focus on energy points and recruitment and max out at 501 members as quickly as possible.
*Health and Stamina Points*. To be honest with everyone, I hardly pay attention to these points at all. I rely on the collection of items to provide bonuses for these statistics and focus all my points on Energy, Attack, and Defense. For those who are new to Mafia Wars, Health is obviously your life meter while stamina is the number of times you can fight, rob, or place a hit on someone at any given time. Your stamina increases by a point every five minutes so I find that to be enough for me to attack others when I need to. As for the health meter, if you have the proper equipment and high defensive points, then you take usually take less damage. Critical Hits are a problem however, but I wont get into that at this time.
Earning Money and protecting your Assets
I had a very unique way of earning money when I first started with Mafia Wars. Initially, I attempted to use most of my funds buying up properties because they provided me with an hourly income. However, higher level members would “rob” me and totally destroy my properties making me broke and unable to fix them. So I came up with a pretty simple strategy. There is a property called “Mafia Mike’s” which provide you about $12,000 hourly and cannot be robbed by rival mafias. You can buy a Mafia Mike’s each time you recruit two mafia members. So what I did was recruit Mafia members while buying only Mafia Mike properties. This negated the ability to rob me, and rivals were forced to attack me or let me be. When I finally reached 501 members, I was earning a little over a million dollars and hour and it was enough to equip my mafia with the weapons they needed to protect my properties. It was at this time when I started to buy other properties such as Mega Casinos and Hotels. So far, this strategy has worked very well for me.
After each 24 hour period, I placed whatever earnings I made directly into the bank. The bank charges a 10% laundering fee to deposit your funds, but once in the bank the cash is 100% protected from being stolen from your rivals. Eventually, you’ll be able to buy some of the more expensive items and properties with the money saved.
Fighting
Its inevitable. Everyone want to be the top dog on the street and rival mafias will eventually want to pick a fight with you, take your money, or snuff you out. You’ll also want to flex your muscles, so others will know who the toughest guy on the block is, so prepare your mafia for battle! In my opinion, this is the best aspect of the game. The only tip I can give you is to be prepared for attacks from Day 1. If others see your mafia is small and your ranked a bit lower than them, they’ll probably want to test you out. Just be sure that all your mafia is equipped with the best weapons and armor you can provide them, and try to get each of them a vehicle. The higher the levels you attain, the better weapons, armor, and vehicles will become available. Keep your equipment updated at all times and be sure each member has something to use! Weapons are also used for some jobs so its good that you start building your inventory early.
There is also a simple rule when you get snuffed. If you dont have enough strength to beat a rival mafia or are low on stamina points, DONT HEAL yourself right away. Yes, you heard me, healing your mafia isn’t always the best option. After being killed, your basically “blacklisted” and must gain over twenty points before you can be attacked again. This gives you time to build your stamina and mount a counter attack or pay for a hit if the rival mafia is to powerful for you to beat one on one. Never give the rivals the satisfaction of snuffing you out over and over again within the same hour because you stupid enough to heal yourself right away while making your mafia vulnerable for attack again.
I’d also recommend that your defense always be a little higher than your attack points. I started concentrating on this after level 100. Currently my defense is about twenty points higher than my offense and I’m able to repel a greater number of attacks than before. I’ve been snuffed out from time to time by much higher levels by being put on a hitlist, but I actually am able to repel some of their attacks and earn experience because of critical damage I’m able to inflict due to my top mafia members. Unless the rival mafia is willing to wait long to snuff you out again, your generally safe from other all out attack.
Well, I hope you find at least some of this information useful as you begin to build your mafia to “WORLD DOMINATION” status. Feel free to add me (facebook.com/trench671) to your friends list and just include a note with the words {SYR} MAFIA WARS so I’ll know where you came from and the reason for your request! Thanks!
