Mafia Wars is Cool - No Flash and Fire
Mafia Wars on Facebook has neither dancing avatars nor fancy weapons bursting into smoke and flames, no watching your enemies wither and die in a purple cloud.... and no mind-numbing sound effects at all! Still I love the game enough to get to level 500! That's a big deal for me, especially since so many of my gaming contemporaries grow weary of the Mafia Wars challenge and move on to online games with a bit more flash and fire.
Mafia Wars is laid back gangsta' cool and mellow, not flashy. Mafia Wars is strategy; and some folks simply must have their flash. Some gamers of a certain age, just like their children.. and grandchildren, need the instant gratification of digital devastation and destruction; and they quit before they get this far.
New York is Rough
It's the tedium that makes it hard for an aspiring Mafia Don to finish up the Mafia Wars Boss level and get the heck out of New York. You've come so far. It's almost over....it will take only a bit more effort, or so you think.... but then you realize you need loot, lots of it to finish up those final rounds of kidnapping, bribery and extortion. It gets rough at times.
To get through those last few New York jobs, you'll need to come up with endless untraceable cell phones, computer set ups, concealable cameras for photos... lots of stuff. Some players just don't have the patience.
For those willing to go the distance, tedious or not, here are a few tips:
1-Know Where to Find the Loot you Need
You get random loot from doing all sorts of jobs; but when you see a little yellow bag next to a New York job, that means you get specific loot (cells, cameras..) as you do the job. Hover your cursor over the bag and it will show what kind of loot you might get. Knowing where the loot is will help you later in the game when it's important to know where to find the things you need.
2-Fight for Great Loot!
I was born with this inner niceness; so I didn't take to the Mafia Wars game right away. When I started playing, I ignored the Fight option. It sounded so rough.... so confrontational.
When I did try fighting, as a lowly Mafia Wars Street Thug, I wasn't strong enough to win. I stopped fighting altogether.... until I figured out the great random loot I could get from winning fights. Much of the loot is fancy or high tech weapons to help build your Mafia Wars Family strength, but often you get equipment you will need for jobs a few levels later.
I fight a lot now; but until I got strong enough to take on bigger Mafias, I fought families with fewer members than mine. Fighting Mafias too small to defend themselves seemed inherently wrong at first, not nice at all; but that's exactly what higher level Mafia Wars Dons do.
So when the big guys attack you for no apparent reason, don't whine and wonder why they are picking on you and taking your money. Strike back... not at the big guys, you'll never win. Pick on someone with a smaller Mafia Family than you and reap the rewards.
P.S. After each attack, scroll down to the bottom of the display for loot information, including a link to hidden loot fellow players can find.
3-Never ask your Mafia for help in the "Rob the Electronic Store" job in the Enforcer Level-
You earn Untraceable Cell Phones, Concealable Cameras and Computer Setups as loot in the "Rob The Electronics Store" job in the Enforcer Level. To get out of New York, you will need every phone, camera and computer you can get. Don't get help on this job when it's offered, getting help for this job becomes a disadvantage later on.
4-Grab The Stash Items - If someone posts a stash of weapons on your Facebook Wall, animals or other loot, grab an item before they're gone.You'll need the strength of every item you can get and there's usually only 5 items per stash, so move quickly.
5-Use Your Wish List
Your Mafia Wars family will give you weapons, phones, a lot of what you need if you let them know you need it. Do this by updating your Inventory Wish List.
When you're doing a job and run out of items you need, (cells, transaction records...) a little red box will appear beneath the necessary item. To quickly post that item to your Wish List, click on the red box and follow the instructions. You can post a request on your family member's pages and add it to your Wish List at the same time.
6-Remember Mafia Wars is a Social Game
Don't hesitate to ask for help along the way. You'll need hundreds of loot items along the way, and the friendships you develop with online friends will flourish when you share with them and they share with you. That's another reason to have a big family.
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