Facebook has an interactive, online game called Mafia Wars that has taken the social networking scene by storm. The only real issue with the game seems to be in knowing how to play. A definitive guide to Mafia Wars seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle. This guide is intended to help beginners just forming their mafia family.
First, and of foremost importance is to grow the family. This can be achieved by inviting friends, visiting Facebook pages dedicated to growing families and getting in on the networking action. The family must grow to keep doing jobs and gain more strength for fights. This should not be a problem due to the number of people who play Mafia Wars and are constantly seeking new family members themselves.
Second, players should keep leveling up as often as possible. Levels are increased according to experience points. These points are given for jobs and for winning fights. As levels increase new jobs are opened up and new properties and inventory items become available.
Jobs in Mafia Wars
Jobs are useful for acquiring experience points, special items and money. Choosing the job to perform should be a strategic decision based on what the ultimate goal is for doing the job.
Doing jobs to acquire experience points helps to level up quicker. Early levels don’t require a large amount of experience points in order to move up and so doing jobs with the most experience points is a fast way to move up the ladder.
If acquiring special loot items is the goal research what other players have found out in terms of which jobs yield what items. Remember that the job may have to be performed more than one time to yield the loot.
Doing jobs for money is pretty self-explanatory. If acquiring large sums of cash is the ultimate goal, choose jobs that have larger payouts and repeatedly perform them.
Mafia Wars Properties
Buying property is another method of accumulating cash, which is needed to buy weapons. The key to purchasing property is to buy in blocks of 10. The reason is that after the 10th one is purchased, the price goes up.
As wealth accumulates, and it does quickly, focus on buying larger properties that bring in more income. Income accumulates hourly even when not logged in to the game. This is especially helpful in keeping the entire family outfitted for fighting.
Upgrades to Mafia Members
Lastly, new mafia members should be aware of upgrades. As levels are reached mafia bosses are rewarded with points to spend on upgrading their mafia boss character. Each player will develop their own method of upgrading. Attributes that can be upgraded are Attack Strength, Defense Strength, Maximum Energy, Maximum Health and Stamina.
Some players alternate upgrading and attribute and some players focus on one or two attributes. The decision is based on strategy. Attack, defense, stamina and health are all related to fighting and energy is related to doing jobs.
For new players just delving into the underground world of the Mafia, these getting started steps should prove to be helpful. There is no right or wrong way to play Mafia Wars, its all about having fun in the virtual world of the Mafia. Capici.
It’s time for another tips session, and this time, it’s off to the mafia. Mafia Wars seems like a simple game at first glance, but once you get into it, it actually begins to become somewhat complicated with hits, different jobs, adding members, equipping all of them, and so on. What do you buy? What quests do you do? How should you level? These are all questions that are posed by new players, and it can be a bit daunting. Well, we searched high and low for ways to help you out, and hopefully these tips and tricks will help those new players that simply feel overwhelmed.
So you’ve started Mafia Wars and you’re not sure where to start, well, the first choice is easy enough: Pick a “Maniac” class. While earning more cash or health might seem appealing, energy is what allows you to do quests and it is significantly better to earn both cash and experience instead of just one. That said, it’s time to get down to business.
DO NOT add to you mafia right away. Yes, you do want a large mafia to be stronger, but if you are ill-prepared, this is going to hurt more than help. Essentially, you want to have a “Mafia Mikes” and a “Bloody Chainsaw” (please note, that the bloody chainsaw is a special item bought from the home page and will periodically change. For all intents and purposes, the special item tends to have similar stats, and is often interchangable if the chainsaw is gone) for every two members. Here’s the thing though, the game bases the amount of members you need for another one of these items based on your current members. So say you bought a chainsaw with a mafia of 12, but then added 8 people, you’ll now need 22 members to buy another one, thus losing out the extra chainsaws you could have bought at 16, 18, and 20 members. Assuming that you are now equipping properly, it is time to spend some experience points.
Mafia JobsIdeally, you want to put all of your points into energy so you can level faster. Since quests are going to be your primary source of experience and cash (hence why you used maniac), your limiting factor is how fast your energy recharges. Furthermore, energy resets every level, so having an high energy and a fast regeneration can get you to higher levels exponentially faster. Of course, you will want other stats eventually (when that is, is completely up to you), but this will give you a nice start.
Okay, so now you’re leveling at a nice pace and you’re getting those Mafia Mikes and Bloody Chainsaws when you should. What’s next? Why, equipping your mafia of course, and this can be done either via looting or buying. In general, it is better to loot in higher missions, but if you want to be safer, just buy, and if you’ve been doing what’s been said so far, money shouldn’t be a serious issue. The recommended equipment is as follows (once you can buy them of course):
* Weapons: Bloody Chainsaws should be available to half your mafia (since you’ve been buying them every two members right?), thus the other half should utilize the Chain Guns (.50 Caliber Rifle is better once you start looting).
* Armor: Body Armor all around – period. Yes, you can buy other stuff too, but this is a definite purchase.
* Cars: Secondary to armor and weapons, but if you must have one, the Towncar comes recommended.
This should be more than enough to get you started on the right track in Mafia Wars. However, before things get wrapped up, here are some other interesting tips found around the web that should work for both the MySpace and Facebook versions of the game.
* Avoid the Hitlist as best as possible. While it might be fun at higher levels, drawing attention to yourself at lower levels is just going to get you killed over and over again by high level players. Stay under the radar as long as you can.
* If you ever attack someone and get the maximum amount of cash ($70,000), bookmark them and attack them as often as possible.
* When you do start using other stats besides energy, it is best to keep attack and defense equal.
Best Early Cash & Experience Jobs:
o Level 1 – 4: Auto Theft
o Level 5 – 8: Bank Heist
o Level 9 – 12: Museum Break In
o Level 13 – 17: Wiretap the Cops
For every computer game available, on-line or offline, there are secret codes or cheats to get players ahead in the game quickly. Google "Facebook Mafia War cheats" and the reader will be rewarded with a barrage of sites claiming to have the secret cheats or codes.
There are some scripts out there to automate a few actions of the game. One script touts that it automatically sends friend invites to players in the fight window. It may or may not work all the time. Players can advance faster by strategizing instead of hunting cheats.
Grow the FamilyIn Mafia Wars, players form mob families by inviting other Facebook members to join. The more family members a mob has, the stronger they are. The first and ultimately most important key to advancing is to keep the mob family growing. This can be done in a couple of ways:
* Players invite all of their friends to join
* Link to other players on one of the many ‘add me’ pages in FB, thousand of players network on these pages
* Reciprocate when players join their mob family – Mafia War players can be members of more than one mob.
Family Defense
Family members need to be able to defend themselves. It is up to the Boss to make sure each team member has defensive tools. As the family accumulates wealth, the boss should make sure each member has weapons, vehicles, etc.
* Initially, funds will be low, the Boss should focus on growing wealth in order to take care of family
* As wealth is accumulated, Boss should purchase each member of family more weapons
Increase the Wealth
Each Mob Boss will have different strategies for accumulating wealth. Some families focus on more jobs and payouts while other families are more involved in property acquisitions. These strategy tips will help increase the family wealth regardless of the ultimate goal:
* In the early levels of game play, purchase properties with a low investment cost and decent return rate. Mafia Mike’s Delis are an excellent choice; however, the number available for purchase is dependent on the number of family members.
* As the money increases purchase high end properties – the key is to purchase as many as possible at one time. Once a purchase is made, the price increases for the next purchase.
* Beware of the upkeep cost of some high end weapons and vehicles. Make sure money flow is sufficient to cover the costs.
Using Points Strategically
With each level up, players are given reward points by the Godfather. These can be used to increase a variety of attributes, such as attack, defense, energy and more. Where to apply these points depends on the Mafia Boss’ strategy.
* Knocking off rivals and going for kills: this strategy requires using reward points to increase attack, defense, and stamina attributes. This allows the player to knock off other mobs and engage in more fights while staying strong themselves.
* Money Accumulation: this strategy requires putting most reward points into the energy level. Energy enables the family to do more jobs, thus acquiring more money.
Mafia War players also have the option of buying reward points from the Godfather, if they so choose. Additionally, there are often special weapons or incentives available that can only be purchased with reward points.
Mafia Wars is an extremely popular game that has become the rage around the world. Players who are looking for shortcuts to bypass the actually playing of the game might not find what they are looking for, however, employing a few secrets to advancing their mob can prove to be just as valuable. For more valuabe information regarding Facebook Mafia Wars see Facebook Mafia War Secrets Revealed or Facebook Mafia Wars: Getting Started or Confessions of a Capo.
Facebook Mafia Wars Secrets Revealed
Facebook Mafia War players are constantly on a quest to acquire more money, power, weapons and the randomly dropped special loot items. Often, special looted items are required to perform jobs. Frustration soon ensues because there is no visible way of knowing how to get that random loot drops. Until now that is. The Mob bosses have revealed Mafia War secrets for adding items to the family bounty.
Through hours of play a listing of jobs that have random loot drops and what that loot is has been compiled. Doing the job may not always result in the loot being dropped on the first time, but what is listed is what was consistently dropped for the noted job.
Random Loot Drops
Jobs that advertise random loot drops are useful for acquiring necessary weapons or other specialty items needed for other jobs and hits. This listing of jobs and associated random loot drops should be a great asset in further advancement in the mafia world.
This list is set up with the loot that is dropped followed by the job that is done to acquire it.
* Stab-Proof Vest - Kill A Protected Snitch
* Bodyguards - Protect Your City Against A Rival Family
* Night Vision Goggles - Assassinate A Political Figure
* Armored Truck - Smuggle Across The Border
* Armored Car - Invade Tong-Controlled Neighborhood
* Bullet-Proof Bentley - Win 20,000 Chips In Mafia Wars Poker
* .22 Pistol - Beat Up Rival Gangster
* Butterfly Knife - Collect Protection Money
* Brass Knuckles - Rough Up Dealers
* 9mm Semi-Automatic - Rob A Pimp
* .45 Revolver - Take Out A Rouge Cop
* Tactical Shotgun - Perform a Hit
* C-4 - Destroy Enemy Mon Hideout
* Automatic Rifle - Bust a Made Man Out of Prison
* Semi-Automatic Shotgun - Fight a Haitian Gang
* Grenade Launcher - Repel the Yakuza
* .50 Caliber Rifle - Disrupt Rival Smuggling Ring
* RGP Launcher - Sell Guns to Russian Mob
* Napalm Attack - Exterminate a Rival Family
Keep in mind that doing a job does not always insure that loot will be dropped. Somtimes the job has to be done more than one time.
Special Loot Offers
The Godfather also offers special loot on occasion. If this is the case, it will be on the homepage and will list the requirements. Sometimes is will cost money other times it is offered in exchange for Reward Points, which don’t accumulate very fast during play but can be purchased if desired.
Winning Loot
In addition to random loot drops and offerings from the Godfather, loot can also be taken during fights. At the end of the fight in the summary section you will see how much money was won, how many experience points were gained and if loot was dropped or taken it will be listed as well.
Mafia family members can also bring in loot from fights when fighting alongside their mafia boss. A description of who brought it, what was brought and who they took it from will show up on the fight summary screen.
Loot is very valuable in Mafia Wars. Sometimes it is won through fights, sometimes it is rewarded by the Godfather and sometimes it is picked up during jobs as random finds. However it is obtained, it is necessary to have in order to accomplish higher level jobs. Knowing the secrets to finding loot can mean the difference between moving up or being left behind.
Players can gain more cheats, tips and strategies with the Guide to Mafia Wars or Confession of a Capo.
Best of luck, and happy gaming
