by wildcherry on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 | Deals, Entertainment, Game Hints & Review

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I would suggest anyone who plays this game and wants to LVL up fast to choose the Maniac type of Mafia (faster energy recovery).

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Choose your Mafia
Mogul: The greedy scrooge that wants to make every single penny (s)he can.

* Bonus received paid every 54 Minutes.
* Normal received paid ever 60 Minutes.

Fearless: They gather health quicker in order to fiercely fight more often.

* Bonus you regenerated 1 health every 3 minutes.
* Normal you regenerated 1 health every 5 minutes.

NOTE: While playing though any one can pay for health every 45 seconds.

Maniac: The Mafia who is looking to rob, pillage, loot and collect all the vault items to amass the wealth that far exceeds everyone else.

* Bonus received energy every 3 minutes.
* Normal received energy every 5 minutes.

Choose the Maniac type to LVL up fast:

*Spend all of the pts upgrade on adding your energy.

You don’t need to spend points on Attack, Def or Stamina. Just count on loosing on your fights :). It’s okay cuz at then end you’ll be able to brag to your friends about your LVL. Also this will able you to get the better items quickly.

*Don’t bother on purchasing properties except: Mafia Mike’s, Rent House and all the land lots.

Since you’ll probably lost most of the fights, you’ll also be an easy rob target. By not building any properties, they can’t rob you! You can spend the money on better equipment.

* Use your energy efficiently

If you are good in math, you can make sure you don’t waste any energy while doing jobs. I mean you should see which jobs will give you the most experience (ratio wise). For those of you who needs help checking on which jobst to do, here’s the simple calculation. I’m not Einstein.. don’t need to thank me for this formula :).

EXP divided by Energy = Exp ratio

For instance:

Fed reserve raid job : Exp (32) : Energy (22) =1.45…..

Wiretap the Cops: Exp (48): Energy (26) = 1.84….

The higher the EXP ratio means you’ll get more experience per energy points. So its worth it to get the items required to doo the Wiretap jobs so you can get much more exps. Feel free to use the formula to compare any available jobs (before you start on your energy spending spree)

Here’s some other useful tips

How to choose your Mafia Family
* Mastermind – Choose a member with many jobs completed to promote to Mastermind to get more experience points from doing jobs. Your Mastermind gains a small chance of gaining 50% more experience when performing jobs.
* Wheelman – Choose a member with the Fearless character type and a high level to promote to Wheelman to get a reduced energy cost for jobs. Your Wheelman gains a small chance to perform jobs for no energy.
* Button Man – Choose a member with the Maniac character type and a high level to promote to Button Man to get an Attack bonus. Your Button Man gains a small chance to always win fights they initiate.
* Bodyguard – Choose a member with many fights won to promote to Bodyguard to get a Defense bonus. Your Bodyguard gains a small chance to always win fights when they are attacked.
* Safecracker – Choose a member with many successful heists to promote to Safecracker to get more money from fighting and robbing. Your Safecracker gains a small chance to gain double the money when fighting or robbing.
* Bagman – Choose a member with the Mogul character type and a high level to promote to Bagman to get more money from jobs. Your Bagman gains a small chance to gain double the money when performing jobs.

Attack and Defense Skill Points

It is a common misconception that with a large mafia and good weapons there is no need to put a lot into attack and defense skill points. THIS IS FALSE. They are the biggest factor in determining the winner of fights. A good rule of thumb is to keep them at least double your level.

Note: Attack and Defense Skill Points are added together when fighting, so it doesn’t matter which you put them in. Speaking for myself, I like to keep them about even because you never know if they may change the fight formula to where it uses either attack or defense instead of adding them.

Items with the Highest Att/Def

For Attack

* Weapon: TNT 42 Attack Job: El Padrino Tab: Raid The Arms Depot
* Armor: Guerrilla Squad 34 Attack Job: El Padrino Tab: Supply The FRG With Some Extra Muscle
* Vehicle: Hu-9 Helicopter 36 Attack Job: El Padrino Tab: Attack The Army Command Post

For Defense

* Weapon: Gaff hook 30 Defense Job: El Jefe Tab: Pillage A Shipyard
* Armor: Guerrilla Squad 30 Defense Job:El Padrino Tab: Supply The FRG With Some Extra Muscle
-OR-
* Armor: Falsified Documents 30 Defense Job: Underboss Tab: Take Over an Identity Theft Ring
* Vehicle: Private Jet 38 Defense Job: Boss Tab: Make a Deal with the Mexican Cartel
-OR-
* Vehicle: Armored State Car 38 Defense Job: El Padrino Tab: Storm The Presidential Palace

Job Mastery Bonuses: New York

* Street Thug: Pistol Bayonet = +4% damage dealt in fights.
* Associate: Bugatti = -7% damage received in fights.
* Soldier: Golden Skull = a 30 second reduction on your health regeneration timer.
* Enforcer: Money Plate = a 5% discount on property purchases.
* Hitman: Chainsaw Bayonet = a 30 second reduction on your stamina regeneration timer.
* Capo: State Senator = a 5% discount on property repairs.
* Consigliere: Helicopter = a 30 second reduction on your energy regeneration timer.
* Underboss: Private Island = a 5% bonus on job experience.
* Boss: Golden Throne = 2x the energy regenerated per regeneration period.

Job Mastery Bonuses: Cuba (unique items)

* El Soldado: EL Rey Roadster
* El Capitan: Guerrilla Commando
* El Jefe: Avispa Machine Gun
* El Patron: Che’s Beret
* El Padrino: Cocodrilo APC

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