Hitlisting Yourself - Mafia Wars Strategy

Here is a pretty simple way to get extra experience points on your Mafia Wars character.

1. Make a new account.

2. Level it up a few times to level 10 and put all your points into stamina. Once you are level 10 or 11 you will be allowed to attack random people.

3. Find out the link to your first account's mafia wars profile page. To find it, have a friend (or a second account) log into their "My Mafia" page, right click on your name on their mafia list and click "open in new window." That link location is the location to your account. Bookmark this link.

4. Now, on your second account, open up the bookmarked link and attack your own account over and over again. You will lose every fight, but as a result, your first account will get experience points for winning the fight on defense.

If you are a high level character with a full mafia and good stats, you can use this strategy to list your first account on the hitlist over and over again. If you can win the majority of the fights, you will get a lot of experience points from doing this!


Alternatively, if you have 2 accounts, make one account only have 1 mafia member - that member being your other account. When first account finds items from doing jobs, your other account will get a few exp for "finding" the item. I find that the "Collect Protection Money" job in the Associate tier to have a really high drop rate. Do this job a few hundred times and your main account will get a few hundred extra experience points as well!

Introduction - Mafia Wars Strategy

There's something exciting and romantic about the lifestyle of
major organized crime, as manifested by the success of mob
movies such as The Godfather. The enticement of easy money,
lots of power, and living on the edge of the law has spawned
many successful video games.
I'm not sure any of them rival the power of Mafia Wars by
Zynga in recent times. The explosion of social networking
websites, specifically Myspace and Facebook has made it
possible for many software companies to make a fortune by
creating free, addictive games that people share with one
another on these sites.
If you aren't already playing Mafia Wars then you are missing
out on a free way to have a lot of fun and make a lot of friends.
It doesn't cost a dime to play and once you're involved in the
game you'll enjoy it so much you won't ever want to stop.
I personally prefer playing Mafia Wars on Facebook.

Join my mafia: http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=1229626019

Growing Your Mafia - Mafia Wars Strategy

Initially, this seems like the hardest part unless you're really
experienced with these kinds of games or 'applications' on
social networking sites. To go out and recruit people into your
mafia quickly and successfully, follow the steps here and your
mafia will be huge in no time.
Method #1) Invite all your existing network friends to play. This
is easy because the application has a built-in feature to do this,
however, it's limited because the application needs to cooperate
with the social network website and not spam.
To overcome the limitations imposed by the built-in feature of
the application, you need to get your recruiting link and go out
and invite your friends individually. This will actually bring
MORE of your friends into your mafia than by using the
automated features.
Take a minute and craft your personalized invitation message
for your friends. Tell them that even if they don't want to play,
you benefit by them simply accepting the invitation. You want
your mafia to be huge in numbers so even the people who
never use applications but accept to be in your mafia will speed
the game along for you. Some of the least expected friends can
turn into your strongest mafia bosses so invite everybody.
Send your personalized invitation via the private message
feature. Don't try to send to everybody too fast because you
don't want Myspace or Facebook to kick in its anti-spam
defenses. Send a message every few minutes until you've
invited your best friends. Try to pick the most active members
first as they'll be most likely to accept and play the game with
you.
Method #2) Use forums to recruit super players
In Mafia Wars, you need at least six players in your mafia who
are totally addicted to the game and will reach the higher
levels. These are the players you want to put into your 'top
mafia' by promoting them to be your wheelman, your
safecracker, etc. When you promote players who are further
along in the game, you get bigger rewards in jobs and fights.
To find these people, go to the "Apps" directory on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/apps/
In the Search Applications box, enter 'Mafia Wars'. The first and
best one is #1 by Zynga, the one we're talking about in this
report. Go ahead and click it. It will take you to the application's
home page. What's interesting is that there is a discussion
board on this page. It's where you'll see people asking and
answering questions about the game. It's a good place to hang
out if you have doubts, but the best part is that this is where
players post to recruit members into their mafia.
What you do is add all of these people who are posting for
more mafia members to your own mafia. You add them as a
friend and I recommend you include a personal message at
the time of adding saying something like "for mafia wars" or
just paste your recruiting link in there so they know you're not
a stalker and want to play the game with them. There's no
limit to how much you can do this, and it's the fastest way to
build a supercharged mafia.
It's important to recruit early in the game because the best way
to get cash flow going (in order to get stronger weapons and
vehicles) is to buy "Mafia Mike's" property. It's cheap and
offers awesome cash flow. You need it in order to get those Tommy Guns
necessary for completing jobs and defending yourself. Recruit
like crazy and your mafia will be gigantic. The limit at the time
of this writing is 500, but you can get there quickly by using this
forum recruiting tactic ALONE!!!
Do both adding people from the forum and post your own little
ad for recruiting. You can also post in the 'Review' section but
tell people to add you as a friend to invite to the game since the
review section doesn't allow you to post your recruiting link.
The comment section does though so feel free to post it there
at least once a day, maybe even once every four or five hours
even since there are so many postings there.
Method #3) Use other social sites to recruit existing players.
If you're playing on Myspace, go to Facebook to recruit players
into your Myspace mafia, and if you're playing on Facebook,
look for the players on Myspace to recruit into your Facebook
mafia. The app also runs on Yahoo, so look for players using
the Yahoo version.
One thing you can do is create a free blog about your personal
'mafia' experiences. Go to http://blogger.com and create a blog
dedicated exclusively to your mafia. Write on it daily at first, and
be sure to include 'keywords' related to mafia wars that will help
other players find your blog. You should customize your blog
sidebar to display your recruiting link prominently.
If you don't know what to blog about, just Google some info
about mafia wars and you'll be able to get ideas.
DIRTY TRICK: Write up a blog post about "Mafia Wars Cheats"
and tell people they'll get a bonus by adding you to their mafia.
I've seen other people doing this and while they aren't winning
any real friends, they sure have big mafias…
I've seen similar methods using video sites like YouTube and
Metacafe as well. These are people who promise players a
hidden bonus if they add such-and-such person to their mafia.
It's not very honest unless you give some of your collection
items to these people, in which case it's completely honest and
I encourage you to make those kinds of promises. Otherwise,
just make Mafia Wars Cheat Secrets or something like that the
title of your video to get views but just refer people to your blog
or recruiting link.
You can also use Twitter to recruit on automatic pilot. What you
do is go to http://tweetlater.com and create a free account. You
will also already need an active Twitter account to use this.
What you do is once you've created your account, go to
"Manage My Scheduled Tweets and Twitter Account
Automation." Click the box that says "Auto Welcome" and enter
either your blogger blog or your mafia recruiting link into the
message box. It can only be 120 characters so consider a URL
shortening site like http://tinyurl.com to make the recruiting URL
small enough that you can still add a little blurb of text inviting.
Remind people they have to add you as a friend too!
You can do searches on Twitter so search for mafia wars and
start adding all the people who have anything to say about it.
TweetLater will automatically send your recruiting message to
the people that follow you back. You can do this to hundreds of
Twitter users each day, but don't go overboard because Twitter
also has anti-spam measures built-in to prevent users from
abusing the service. Create multiple Twitter accounts if you want, you only need one TweetLater account for multiple Twitter accounts
though.

Preparing Your Mafia - Mafia Wars Strategy

If you've done a good job recruiting members into your mafia,
you should have at least six very experienced players who are
very far along in the game. You want to make these super
players your 'top mafia' members. If you go to the My Mafia
section in the game, you should see places to promote six
members of your mafia into top positions that give you
bonuses.
This section will vary greatly depending on who's in your
mafia. If you're lucky you will be able to fill all six positions
with high-ranking members that will give you good bonuses.
If you didn't do so well in recruiting (impossible if you follow the
steps I've outlined) then there won't be many bonuses you can
get, but focus on the bonuses that will at least give you a little
more cash.
It's a good idea to send gifts to your mafia, especially to your
top players. It's good criminal etiquette. You'll need to pull a
bunch of jobs before you have anything to give them, however,
remember to send a gift to these members when you get
something interesting in your collection.

Using Your Godfather Points - Mafia Wars Strategy

When you first get started in mafia wars, you'll have
Godfather Reward Points. The tendency for new players is
to spend them quickly. DON'T DO IT!!!!!
Godfather points are very difficult to obtain unless you're willing
to pay real money. They are occasionally given in the game, but
usually to obtain more, you are required to buy them with cash
or buy related products or offers.
You can score some more Godfather reward points easily by
browsing through the offers to find the ones that require very
little money (like $1.39) or are completely free. There aren't
very many, but there are some. Be attentive browse the offers
to find them.
Never waste your Godfather points on:
-Money (you can always get it in fights and jobs)
-Restore Health (you can always go to the hospital)
-Stamina (this recharges quickly)
-Family Members (my recruiting methods are great)
-
DO use Godfather points on:
-Energy Refills (once you've built up your total energy points)
-Crates (sometimes it's the best way to get certain items)
-New name (it's the only way, if you get a bad rep just change)
-Skill Points (these are permanent and worth getting)

Getting Going on Jobs - Mafia Wars Strategy

As you start out as a street thug, you'll see that energy goes
fast and you need a lot of tools to run your crime organization.
Use your profile points at first to go all toward your energy. In
the initial stages of the game there is almost no fighting so put
everything you've got initially into boosting the amount of
energy you have.
Go to your inventory and pick up the basic weapons you'll need.
The required tools are displayed on the same line as the job and
when an item is red it means you either don't have it or need
more of that particular item to do the job. Go ahead and buy
everything you need to start those jobs except for maybe the
motorcycle to pull the 'Rob a Pimp' job. You can save that one
for last if you prefer because the motorcycle has upkeep and we
haven't talked about optimizing your cash flow yet.
Do the jobs that cost more energy first. If you want to build up
some cash faster, pull the job 'Collect on a Loan' because it
pays high and the energy cost is very low. Don't waste your
high energy on the small jobs like mugging, save that for when
your energy has all run out and it recharges little by little. Then
pull the small jobs.
Focus on just one job at a time as much as possible until
you've mastered it. Once you master a job you're given bonus
points which you can use to get more energy for more jobs.
It's entirely up to you how many point you allocate to energy.
You don't need to get more stamina for fights because it
recharges fast and all fights only cost 1 stamina, but energy
costs are high so you need a lot of it.
Once you master all the jobs in a section, the jobs will restart at
the next level. So you'll need to redo all the jobs again to
remaster at the higher level.
As you do jobs, you'll pick up lots of goodies and bonuses. This
is the good thing about doing a bunch of jobs before jumping
into fights. Save the fights until you've got a sizeable mafia and
some good weapons and defenses in place.
Avoid the temptation for revenge while you're running jobs.
Sometimes you'll be attacked. Let it go while you build your
mafia's business stronger. Become strong first and then you
can pick on weaker mafias all day long.
I've broken down the jobs, the tools you'll need, and the loot
they give. This is your reference guide to always know exactly
which job you need to do in order to get certain loot.
Street Thug (Level 1-4)
To do all the Thug jobs you'll need 1 Pistol, 1 Crowbar, 1
Sawed Off Shotgun, 1 Machine Pistol, 1 Baseball Bat, and 1
Motorcycle.
The loot you'll acquire:
.22 Pistol -Beat Up Rival Gangster
9mm Semi-Automatic -Rob A Pimp
Associate (Level 5-8)
To do all the Associate jobs you'll need 1 Crowbar, 2 Colt
Pistols, 2 Sawed Off Shotguns, 3 Tommy Guns, 1 Bullet-Proof
Vest, 3 Sedans, 1 Armored Sedan, 1 Delivery Truck, and 1
Motorcycle.
The loot you'll acquire: Butterfly Knife
-Collect Protection Money Brass Knuckles
-Rough Up Dealers Tactical Shotgun
-Perform a Hit .45 Revolver -Take Out A
Rouge Cop
Soldier (Level 9-12)
To do all the Soldier jobs you'll need 1 Bullet Proof Vest, 2
Tactical Shotguns, 4 Machine Pistols, 1 Chain Gun, 4 Tommy
Guns, 3 Sedans, 2 Armored Sedans, and 4 Motorcycles.
The loot you'll acquire: C-4 -Destroy Enemy Mob Hideout
Stab-Proof Vest -Kill A Protected Snitch Automatic Rifle -Bust a
Made Man Out of Prison Semi-Automatic Shotgun -Fight a
Haitian Gang Lucky Shamrock Medallion – Clip the Irish Mob's
Local Enforcer Firebomb – Steal a Tanker Truck
Enforcer (Level 13-17)
To do all the Enforcer jobs you'll need 10 Grenades, 2 .45 Colt
Revolvers, 2 Chain Guns, 10 Tommy Guns, 4 Firebombs, 3
Bullet Proof Vests, 1 Sedan, 2 Armored Sedans, 2 Luxury Town
Cars, 3 Getaway Cruisers, and 2 Delivery Trucks. You will also
need to run the preparation jobs to get Cards, Liquor, Tokens
(Poker Chips), and Wire Tap Devices. The items acquired in
preparation jobs can only be used once in a job, so you'll need
to do the preparation jobs frequently to do the big ones.
The loot you'll acquire:
Armored Truck -Smuggle Across The Border
Concealable Camera/ Computer Set Up/ Untraceable Phone
Rob and Electronics Store
Hitman (Level 18-24)
To do all the Hitman jobs you'll need 15 Chain Guns, 10
Grenades, 5 Machine Pistols, 5 Body Armors, 3 Armored
Sedans, 4 Luxury Town Cars, and 10 Getaway Cruisers. You'll
need to repeatedly run preparation jobs from now on to get loot
drops in order to get the other items you'll need, the
concealable camera and telephone wiretap devices.
The loot you'll acquire:
Grenade Launcher -Repel the Yakuza
.50 Caliber Rifle -Disrupt Rival Smuggling Ring
Armored Car -Invade Tong-Controlled
Neighborhood
RPG Launcher -Sell Guns to Russian
Mob
Bodyguards -Protect Your City Against A Rival Family
Night Vision Goggles -Assassinate A Political Figure
Napalm Attack -Exterminate a Rival Family
Blackmail Photos – Obtain Compromising Photos
Capo (Level 25-34)
To do all the Capo jobs you'll need 15 Chain Guns, 5 Automatic
Rifles, 4 Semi-Automatic Shotguns, 1 Tactical Shotgun, 4
Tommy Guns, 1 .45 Colt Revolver, 15 Body Armors, 2 Night
Vision Goggles, 2 Body Guards, 2 Untraceable Cell Phones, 4
Motorcycles, 4 Armored Trucks, 5 Luxury Town Cars, and 4
Getaway Cruisers. You'll need to repeatedly run preparation
jobs to get loot drops in order to get the other items you'll need.
The loot you'll acquire:
Prop Plane -Steal An Air Freight Delivery
Harley Davidson -Run a Biker Gang Out Of Town
Illegal Transaction Records -Steal Bank Records
Consigliere (Level 35-59)
To do all the Consigliere jobs you'll need Blackmail Photos, 5
Delivery Trucks, 4 Semi-Automatic Shotguns, 2 Speed Boats, 1
Hacksaw, 1 Prop Plane, 5 Automatic Rifles, Untraceable Cell
Phones,
Illegal Transaction Records, 2 .22 Pistols, 10 Chain Guns, 2 .50
Caliber Rifles, 2 Night Vision Goggles, 2 Body Guards, 10
Luxury Town Cars, and 2 Grenade Launchers. You'll need to
repeatedly run preparation jobs to get loot drops in order to get
the other items you'll need.
The loot you'll acquire:
Luxury Yacht – Influence a Harbor Official
Porsche 911 – Ransom a Businessman's Kids
Bookie's Holdout Pistol – Fix the Big Game
Underboss (Level 60-99)
To do all the Underboss jobs you'll need Computer Set Ups, 6
Armored Trucks, 20 Chain Guns, 2 Humvees, 6 Automatic
Rifles, Untraceable Cell Phones, Illegal Transaction Records, 12
Body Armors, 4 Luxury Town Cars, 4 Getaway Cruisers, 4
Armored Cars, 1 AR-15 Assault Rifle, and 4 Grenade
Launchers. You'll need to repeatedly run preparation jobs to get
loot drops in order to get the other items you'll need.
The loot you'll acquire:
Humvee – Break Into the Armory
AR-15 Assault Rifle – Rip Off the Armenian Mob
As you pick up items such as poker chips and cards, be sure to
hang on to them. Don't waste your energy pulling the little jobs
all the time. When you have lots of energy, pull the big energy jobs first
and then do the little ones later. The big ones give you more
experience and you'll be able to recharge your energy quicker
by advancing a level.

Creating Strong Cash Flow - Mafia Wars Strategy

There's no competition for cash flow properties. You need to
build your mafia big so you can get your hands on as many
'Mafia Mike's' bars as you can during the early phases of the
game. These are cheap and give more cash flow than buying
any of the other smaller properties. The only thing you need for
more bars is a bigger mafia, so keep the recruiting up on a
daily basis. You'll need them to guarantee the upkeep of your
vehicles and heavy weapons which are required for the bigger
jobs.
Recruit constantly to your mafia and keep buying bars to keep
up with your numbers. You should quickly be able to have a
cash flow of over $200,000. Bars are also great because they
don't require protection from robbing. It's a good idea to make
bars the base of your property dealings and only get into the
bigger hotels and casinos once you're bringing in millions in
cash flow AND have a strong enough mafia to repel heists.
It's not a good idea to sit around on a lot of cash. Always put it
to work for you. If you just sit on it, you can lose a lot of it in a
fight and your hard work will go to other mafias. Always buy
property in bulk when you can to get it at the lower price. You
pay more 1 by 1.
Doing big jobs will bring in lots of money very fast. Reinvest it
quickly into property. That's good business. Instead of looking at
the money, invest it into making you MORE money without
having to work for it in jobs or fights.
I don't recommend buying ANY rent houses or Italian
restaurants. The cash flow is too little. Focus on bars until you
can afford hotels and casinos. Remember the movie The
Godfather? Did you ever see Al Pacino and the Corleone family
worried about rent houses or restaurants? No way, because it's
not good cash flow. Hotels and casinos is where the big
money's at. They're expensive to protect, so don't lighten up just
because you got the properties.
Once you have a large mafia and lots of good defensive loot,
go ahead and go for casinos and hotels, but until then make
do with empty property and Mafia Mike's bars. There will be
plenty of time for the big hotels/casinos later.

Winning More Fights - Mafia Wars Strategy

Winning fights is a brutal way to run your entire business. I
would never recommend focusing your entire mafia's force on
fighting until after you've built a huge mafia and mastered the
higher levels. After that, you can have all the fun you want
taking out hits for bounty or just picking on the weaker mafias
for fun or cash.
Your ability to win fights depends on how big your mafia is and
how well equipped you and the other members are in
comparison to the opposing mafia, and a little luck. The luck
factor is minimal, but it exists to help keep things a little more
balanced.
If you intend to be a major fighter, you will want to use your
profile point on health and stamina. Your attack and defense
aren't very
important because it's a lot easier to boost those stats with a
lot of equipment and strong mafia members. It won't hurt you
to boost your attack and defense stats occasionally when you
master a level and only get one bonus point. It's not enough to
considerably boost your health or stamina (requires two points)
so in those cases you can use the points on those stats.
In the early stages of the game, there will be a lot of
underequipped and inexperienced newbies (n00bs) that you'll
be able to pick on. They won't know half the secrets and tips
you now know, so if you want to have some fun taking out the
'little fish' then use money on getting lots of weapons and
armor for your mafia to use.
Here's how to almost guarantee that you'll win a fight:
1 If the opposing mafia is smaller than yours
2 If the opposing mafia is a higher 'rank' than you at the
same level of play. This means that player is pulling lots of jobs
and not doing many fights. This is an easy way to identify the
mafias you can overpower – and the good part is that they'll
have money and items for you to take.
3 If the opposing mafia has an overall losing record of fights.
If your enemy has lost 2/3 or more of his/her total fights, that
player hasn't figured out yet how to win consistently and you
should be able to beat them easily.
Before attacking a player, click on the player's profile. See what
kind of weapons and armor they have. If your opponent appears
to be carrying a lot more weaponry that your mafia, you may
want to pick a different victim.
You want to have lots of weapons available for your mafia
members to use so buy the cheap effective weapons like
grenades and hacksaws that have no upkeep. Eventually
you'll need Tommy guns and other heavy weapons to pull
jobs so always be attentive to picking up the best tools as
soon as you can.
The biggest key to winning more fights is to have a strong
defense. You can usually get this with some of the mid-level
loot items. My favorites are Bodyguards, Night Vision
Goggles, and Prop Planes. I recommend getting as many
prop planes as possible. The defensive power of prop planes
is extremely high and having a lot of them will keep you from
losing fights and getting killed in fights.
Since the new elements of Gifting have been introduced to
the game, you can request to have people send you prop
planes. Most people don't like them and will happily send
them.

A word on Collections - Mafia Wars Strategy

A word on Collections: They are fun to get but don't kill
yourself trying to get all of the items for the collections
because once vaulted, the bonuses aren't that impressive.
Here are the bonuses you get from vaulting the collections:
Diamond Flush Collection (Street Thug Tier) +1 Energy
Heart Flush Collection (Associate Tier) +5 Health
Sculptures Collection (Soldier Tier) +3 Defense
Poker Chips Collection (Soldier Tier) +2 Attack
Club Flush Collection (Soldier Tier) +3 Attack
Cigars Collection (Enforcer Tier) +2 Energy

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Grow Your Mafia Fast!!! - Mafia Wars Strategy

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Robbing Tutorial - Mafia Wars Strategy

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