Mafia wars stamina - part 2 (489 words)
When you first begin playing mafia wars you should put all of your skill points into energy and stamina. I used to put all of my points into energy, but you can do just as well with stamina, but only if you know a neat little trick. We'll talk about that in a bit. I you are interested in mastering all of the job tiers you'll need a lot more energy, but if fighting is all you care about you can use stamina these days because of the new robbing feature.
Robbing works a lot like doing jobs. You use stamina to gain money and experience. The nice thing about robbing is that it doesn't use up health, and when you are successful you get a bonus to the experience gained. Robbing can actually be more efficient than doing jobs when it comes to experience per point (of energy or stamina) used.
May not sound like a big tip, but it's quite useful if you do a bit of planning. I suggest pouring all of your points into energy and stamina until you have 500 or 1,000 points together in the two. After that, pour the points into attack and defense. I am interested in completing the job tiers, so I put a lot more points into energy for jobs, but I also put points into stamina so that I could clear the robbing board four or five times at the beginning of every level.
By throwing all those points into energy and stamina you will level much faster at first, while you recruit a bigger mafia. Level 500 might sound like a LONG way off, but it's really not that bad. If you pump energy and stamina up to about level 200 and then pour it on in the attack and defense departments, you can hit level 500 with a full mafia and simply crush people in fights and wars. Stamina isn't such a bad deal for leveling up, and if completing jobs masteries isn't interesting you can go with a lot more stamina than energy.
I used to be all about energy at the lower levels, but it turns out that stamina is just as effective for leveling. Yes, you'll lose when you rob if you don't beef up your attack and defense, but it all evens out in the end and gaining more levels makes getting skill points later on a lot easier. A big energy pool means that you can fly through mastery levels in Cuba and Moscow to gain easy points later on.
In the end, take it from a pro and don't worry too much about attack and defense at first. Build your mafia size by recruiting on group walls and get a big bunch of energy and stamina first. I guess you could take a balanced approach, but that just doesn't seem too fun - it is a war out there you know.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Mafia Wars Stamina part 1
There are two kinds of video game players regardless of what kind of game you're talking about. There are the pros, who study the game (probably harder than they have ever studied anything else) and the casual folks. Casual players always make up the vast majority of the population of any role playing game, and the pros, well nobody pays all that much attention to them really. But even casual players like to have a certain level of competence when they play, although they might not put as much time and effort into it as a pro might. You just wouldn't believe how sophisticated game analysis is for some things, like World of Warcraft. Honestly, it can get a little out of hand. But we're supposed to be talking about mafia wars stamina here, and ways that the casual player can look a little pro with a few good tips in that regard.
The whole point (I promise there is one) is that you don't have to be a pro to look like one. All you need is some pro tips, and the great thing about mafia wars is that it's not really all that complex. There are many elements to mafia wars, but for pros (I hate to admit I often act like one) the shortcuts become apparent pretty quickly.
There are basically two ways to play mafia wars. One way is to go all out thuggery and build up attack power and defense and just whip everyone in fights and wars and robbing. The only problem with this is that it leaves you with very little energy. Not having enough energy means you won't level very fast, so you get stuck winning fights, but only against low level folks - which isn't great on the bragging rights scale.
The other way is to level quickly and gain more resources. I've never been much on PvP in RPG's (player vs player) so the whole fight and war thing wasn't really my cup of tea. I've got all of the property achievements in every country as well as all the money achievements, mastered New York, Cuba and Half of Moscow before level 300. All of that gave me more than 50 achievements out of 74, not bad eh?
But one thing I discovered along the way is that you can probably have your cake and eat it too, and so let's talk specifically about mafia wars stamina. Stamina works a little like energy in that you have to have energy to do jobs, and you have to have stamina to fight. But fighting isn't going to get you very far. You have to do other things to level up first before you can get yourself in a position to be really good at fights. We'll cover the specifics in part 2.
The whole point (I promise there is one) is that you don't have to be a pro to look like one. All you need is some pro tips, and the great thing about mafia wars is that it's not really all that complex. There are many elements to mafia wars, but for pros (I hate to admit I often act like one) the shortcuts become apparent pretty quickly.
There are basically two ways to play mafia wars. One way is to go all out thuggery and build up attack power and defense and just whip everyone in fights and wars and robbing. The only problem with this is that it leaves you with very little energy. Not having enough energy means you won't level very fast, so you get stuck winning fights, but only against low level folks - which isn't great on the bragging rights scale.
The other way is to level quickly and gain more resources. I've never been much on PvP in RPG's (player vs player) so the whole fight and war thing wasn't really my cup of tea. I've got all of the property achievements in every country as well as all the money achievements, mastered New York, Cuba and Half of Moscow before level 300. All of that gave me more than 50 achievements out of 74, not bad eh?
But one thing I discovered along the way is that you can probably have your cake and eat it too, and so let's talk specifically about mafia wars stamina. Stamina works a little like energy in that you have to have energy to do jobs, and you have to have stamina to fight. But fighting isn't going to get you very far. You have to do other things to level up first before you can get yourself in a position to be really good at fights. We'll cover the specifics in part 2.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Mafia Wars Level
If you're not used to playing role playing games, mafia wars can look a little intimidating at first glance. But take it from me, it's nothing compared to something like World of Warcraft, which can be mind boggling - even to elite gaming geekoids. Since I am a sort of gaming geek myself, let’s spend a little time on mafia wars leveling, so that if you're new to gaming in the first place, or even just new to mafia Wars, you can level a lot faster while you learn the ropes.
The key to gaining levels fast in mafia wars is in timing. Mafia wars is a like a lot of other text based RPG's (role playing games) in that everything is on a timer. In timer based text games the clock is the key. Knowing when to do things and in what order makes all the difference. If you're a super casual player who only logs in once a day, you can sort of forget it, but if you have the time to check in every couple of hours for a minute or two it may make a huge difference.
There is another element to leveling and that is energy. You have to have a lot of energy (or stamina, but that's another discussion) in order to level fast, but having too much can mess up your timing. Without boring you to death with a wickedly long explanation of 'why' just remember this rule of thumb. When you first begin playing mafia wars put 7 out of every 10 skill points into energy until you hit level 100. From level 100 to 200 put 6 out of every ten points there, and past 200 five or less.
The short answer for 'why' is energy refills. You want to have just enough energy at each level so that when you use an energy refill you can use all of the bonus energy without leveling (or at least most of it). ok, that sounds confusing. Let's say you just hit level 100 and have 2,000 experience points to your next level. Using up all of your energy and stamina should get you a little less than halfway to the next level. If you have 700-750 energy you should be in perfect shape. Using all of your energy would leave you with around 1,100 experience to your next level, and if you use your energy refill at this exact time (right after you level up) the extra energy you get from the energy refill should get you to the next level, and that means another energy refill.
By timing the use of your energy refills you should easily be able to gain a full level and a half in just a few minutes every day. If you choose the maniac class, you can get another full level a day from the faster energy refills. I also use my reward points for energy refills. If you do it right you can hit at least level 100 in less than a month. With a little careful timing mafia wars levels will fly by.
The key to gaining levels fast in mafia wars is in timing. Mafia wars is a like a lot of other text based RPG's (role playing games) in that everything is on a timer. In timer based text games the clock is the key. Knowing when to do things and in what order makes all the difference. If you're a super casual player who only logs in once a day, you can sort of forget it, but if you have the time to check in every couple of hours for a minute or two it may make a huge difference.
There is another element to leveling and that is energy. You have to have a lot of energy (or stamina, but that's another discussion) in order to level fast, but having too much can mess up your timing. Without boring you to death with a wickedly long explanation of 'why' just remember this rule of thumb. When you first begin playing mafia wars put 7 out of every 10 skill points into energy until you hit level 100. From level 100 to 200 put 6 out of every ten points there, and past 200 five or less.
The short answer for 'why' is energy refills. You want to have just enough energy at each level so that when you use an energy refill you can use all of the bonus energy without leveling (or at least most of it). ok, that sounds confusing. Let's say you just hit level 100 and have 2,000 experience points to your next level. Using up all of your energy and stamina should get you a little less than halfway to the next level. If you have 700-750 energy you should be in perfect shape. Using all of your energy would leave you with around 1,100 experience to your next level, and if you use your energy refill at this exact time (right after you level up) the extra energy you get from the energy refill should get you to the next level, and that means another energy refill.
By timing the use of your energy refills you should easily be able to gain a full level and a half in just a few minutes every day. If you choose the maniac class, you can get another full level a day from the faster energy refills. I also use my reward points for energy refills. If you do it right you can hit at least level 100 in less than a month. With a little careful timing mafia wars levels will fly by.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Mafia Wars Mastery part 2
Another important thing you need to watch when working on Mafia wars mastery is to be sure to remember to use your energy refills. With a little careful timing you can make sure that you level up just before your next energy pack is available, meaning you can get a whole bunch of jobs done as well as gain a full level and a half in just a few minutes.
When you do use your energy pack, use that energy to do jobs that gain you requirements for other jobs. A good example is "obtain compromising photos" in the hitman tier. In order to complete this job you will need a concealable camera from the "rob an electronics store" job in the enforcer tier. You will also use the photos you get later in other jobs in later tiers. The bad thing is that even if you master the entire hitman and enforcer job tiers you will not have anywhere near enough photos to complete the alter jobs, you'll be short about 500 or so. So you'll be doing some jobs in the lower tiers a LOT.
Always do these lower level jobs right after you use your energy pack, so you can use every ounce of energy on jobs. It's kind of a bad thing to level up while still having 250 energy left, because you lose it. Doing lower level jobs leads to give less experience, so always do these jobs right after you use your energy pack, while doing the high energy jobs after a level up.
The only thing left after this tip is patience. It's going to take you weeks to master all of the job tiers in New York, let alone the other countries. But you should start with New York and stick with it until you are completely done. After that move on to Cuba and then Moscow before opening up Bangkok. Typically it will take an average player until about level 230 to master all three levels of each tier of New York, although you can get it done by level 200 if you are incredibly efficient.
New York has more achievements than any of the other countries, so if you're really going for mastery start there and then move on - one at a time to the other zones. By the time you finish New York you'll have a whole lot more energy to work within the other countries, which will make flying through those mastery quests a lot faster than the first one in New York. Plus, the other countries don't have as many job levels to complete, New York is far longer than the other ones and has a lot more required loot from jobs to complete other jobs.
And that's all there is to mastery. A little patience and good planning and you'll be able to complete all of the mafia wars job mastery levels in good time. Just remember that timing is the key. Knowing to do small jobs when your energy refills and big jobs when you hit a new level will make the whole process a whole lot faster.
When you do use your energy pack, use that energy to do jobs that gain you requirements for other jobs. A good example is "obtain compromising photos" in the hitman tier. In order to complete this job you will need a concealable camera from the "rob an electronics store" job in the enforcer tier. You will also use the photos you get later in other jobs in later tiers. The bad thing is that even if you master the entire hitman and enforcer job tiers you will not have anywhere near enough photos to complete the alter jobs, you'll be short about 500 or so. So you'll be doing some jobs in the lower tiers a LOT.
Always do these lower level jobs right after you use your energy pack, so you can use every ounce of energy on jobs. It's kind of a bad thing to level up while still having 250 energy left, because you lose it. Doing lower level jobs leads to give less experience, so always do these jobs right after you use your energy pack, while doing the high energy jobs after a level up.
The only thing left after this tip is patience. It's going to take you weeks to master all of the job tiers in New York, let alone the other countries. But you should start with New York and stick with it until you are completely done. After that move on to Cuba and then Moscow before opening up Bangkok. Typically it will take an average player until about level 230 to master all three levels of each tier of New York, although you can get it done by level 200 if you are incredibly efficient.
New York has more achievements than any of the other countries, so if you're really going for mastery start there and then move on - one at a time to the other zones. By the time you finish New York you'll have a whole lot more energy to work within the other countries, which will make flying through those mastery quests a lot faster than the first one in New York. Plus, the other countries don't have as many job levels to complete, New York is far longer than the other ones and has a lot more required loot from jobs to complete other jobs.
And that's all there is to mastery. A little patience and good planning and you'll be able to complete all of the mafia wars job mastery levels in good time. Just remember that timing is the key. Knowing to do small jobs when your energy refills and big jobs when you hit a new level will make the whole process a whole lot faster.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Mafia Wars Mastery part 1
For more than two years now Mafia wars has been one of the most popular text based role playing games on the internet. Forget the fact that it's one of the more popular games on facebook, you can actually add in all of the other role playing games period. As a matter of fact, mafia wars almost has more players than the top 5 MMORPG games put together. With more than 25 million active users, it's certainly at the top of the heap when it comes to games, so it's no wonder that the mafia wars mastery achievements tips are asked so often.
Mafia wars isn't nearly as robust compared to something like World of Warcraft, but for bus people with little patience for action games and complex mechanics it's perfect. In just a few minutes each day you can progress just as quickly through Mafia wars mastery as though you were a pro. However, you do have to have some little idea about what you are doing and the best ways of going about it.
After playing mafia wars for some time and approaching it in the same way I approached WoW and other RPG's, I found that there are a few good ways of going about doing all of the mastery levels that help, and the only limitations are energy and timing. There aren't any super shortcuts like you might find in some aspects of other games, but you can certainly be efficient.
First, each section of jobs has three associated levels of mastery. Each time you do a job you gain a percentage toward a total in one of the tiers. Once you have mastered one job, you have to master all of the other jobs in the section to progress to the next tier. In other words, you have to complete the level one mastery for all jobs in the Capo section before you can work on level 2 mastery, you can't get to level 3 on one job and then go back and do the other jobs.
The most efficient way of completing the mafia wars mastery tiers for each segment is to start off by buffing your energy a great deal. We recommend putting all of your skill points into energy until level 100 at a minimum. This gives you plenty of energy to spend on jobs. You can work on putting skill points into attack and defense later.
Mafia wars is mostly about gaining achievements, that and killing a little time here and there. Since there is no movement involved, being a text based RPG, you don't have to work on your dexterity, and all that is left is how many fights you can win, how many properties you own or how many achievements you complete. And many of the achievements in the game are based on progressing through the job levels.
Each time you level up, immediately do all of the jobs in the tier that have the highest energy cost. These jobs typically reward more experience toward the next level. If you are spending all of your skill points toward energy, you should be able to complete a little more than half a level right after you level up. Always begin with the jobs that require the most energy and work your way down from there. We'll look more at energy in part 2.
Mafia wars isn't nearly as robust compared to something like World of Warcraft, but for bus people with little patience for action games and complex mechanics it's perfect. In just a few minutes each day you can progress just as quickly through Mafia wars mastery as though you were a pro. However, you do have to have some little idea about what you are doing and the best ways of going about it.
After playing mafia wars for some time and approaching it in the same way I approached WoW and other RPG's, I found that there are a few good ways of going about doing all of the mastery levels that help, and the only limitations are energy and timing. There aren't any super shortcuts like you might find in some aspects of other games, but you can certainly be efficient.
First, each section of jobs has three associated levels of mastery. Each time you do a job you gain a percentage toward a total in one of the tiers. Once you have mastered one job, you have to master all of the other jobs in the section to progress to the next tier. In other words, you have to complete the level one mastery for all jobs in the Capo section before you can work on level 2 mastery, you can't get to level 3 on one job and then go back and do the other jobs.
The most efficient way of completing the mafia wars mastery tiers for each segment is to start off by buffing your energy a great deal. We recommend putting all of your skill points into energy until level 100 at a minimum. This gives you plenty of energy to spend on jobs. You can work on putting skill points into attack and defense later.
Mafia wars is mostly about gaining achievements, that and killing a little time here and there. Since there is no movement involved, being a text based RPG, you don't have to work on your dexterity, and all that is left is how many fights you can win, how many properties you own or how many achievements you complete. And many of the achievements in the game are based on progressing through the job levels.
Each time you level up, immediately do all of the jobs in the tier that have the highest energy cost. These jobs typically reward more experience toward the next level. If you are spending all of your skill points toward energy, you should be able to complete a little more than half a level right after you level up. Always begin with the jobs that require the most energy and work your way down from there. We'll look more at energy in part 2.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Mafia Wars Facebook
For those of you who are out of the loop, there’s this little game the kids are playing on Facebook called Mafia Wars. According to the latest reports by game maker Zynga, Mafia Wars has over seven million active, daily players. Recently mafia wars game cards have become available for purchase at major retailers like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and 7 Eleven. Zynga, the maker of mafia wars and other Facebook games like Farmville, CafeWorld, and YoVille has recently been estimated to be worth $5 billion. This is a privately-held company based out of San Diego.
Recently, however, the company has been hiring at a quick pace trying to keep up with their growth. They have opened studios in Texas, India, and China. Some are skeptical, however, as Farmville and Mafia Wars account for a large percentage of Zynga’s 23 million gamers worldwide, and both have recently reported losing users for the first time in the company’s history.
This meteoric rise has not gone unnoticed, as venture capitalist firms have recently given over $150 million dollars to Zynga.
Wait, aren’t these games free? How does Zynga make money? Well, if you’ve never played mafia wars, then you wouldn’t know. Yes, the game is completely 100% free to play, but in order to unlock items or certain things in the game, you have to either have a significant number of people in “your mafia” or you can purchase the rewards via the game cards or online.
Another money-making feature in mafia wars is energy. Players can only do as much as their energy allows, but Zynga offers energy packs for sale at their store. These digital products are making Zynga millions of dollars.
Mafia Wars is a highly addictive game, and arguably the most popular text-based game in the entire world. Zynga reports players from almost every corner of the globe. Their games, like Mafia Wars, have been big hits in Asian markets that play games more at internet cafes as opposed to western markets who usually purchase games for unlimited home use. Asian markets are used to having to pay per time played, and because their time in the café is limited, they don’t want to sit around waiting for their energy to come back because it is literally costing them money. Better for them to purchase energy packs from Zynga so they can keep playing until their time is up.
Recently, however, the company has been hiring at a quick pace trying to keep up with their growth. They have opened studios in Texas, India, and China. Some are skeptical, however, as Farmville and Mafia Wars account for a large percentage of Zynga’s 23 million gamers worldwide, and both have recently reported losing users for the first time in the company’s history.
This meteoric rise has not gone unnoticed, as venture capitalist firms have recently given over $150 million dollars to Zynga.
Wait, aren’t these games free? How does Zynga make money? Well, if you’ve never played mafia wars, then you wouldn’t know. Yes, the game is completely 100% free to play, but in order to unlock items or certain things in the game, you have to either have a significant number of people in “your mafia” or you can purchase the rewards via the game cards or online.
Another money-making feature in mafia wars is energy. Players can only do as much as their energy allows, but Zynga offers energy packs for sale at their store. These digital products are making Zynga millions of dollars.
Mafia Wars is a highly addictive game, and arguably the most popular text-based game in the entire world. Zynga reports players from almost every corner of the globe. Their games, like Mafia Wars, have been big hits in Asian markets that play games more at internet cafes as opposed to western markets who usually purchase games for unlimited home use. Asian markets are used to having to pay per time played, and because their time in the café is limited, they don’t want to sit around waiting for their energy to come back because it is literally costing them money. Better for them to purchase energy packs from Zynga so they can keep playing until their time is up.
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