When starting off in “Mafia Wars”, try and finish as many lower level jobs as possible. Each job you completely finish (100%), will get you 1 skill point you can put towards Attack/Health/Defense/Stamina or Energy. These skill points are critical for developing your character later on.
- When working on your player (hopefully a Maniac or Fearless type as was suggested in the top ten tips), put all your skill points towards energy, at least until you hit level 30. This will make it much easier for you to level up in the future and give you more chances to do more jobs each time you level up.
- Your chance of being listed on the “Fight List/page”, directly relates with how much you use the “Fight List” yourself and attack people! If you want to avoid being attacked a lot; don't do too many random attacks on people on the “Fight List”.
- Try and Attack someone on the “Fight list” with a bigger mafia earlier on at say levels 8 - 15, so you can get the “Napoleon Complex” achievement. The Napoleon Complex achievement is based on you attacking someone with a bigger mafia; so, once you get to 501 Mafia members, you will basically have missed this opportunity (for an extra skill point and the title)!
- If you haven't gotten to jobs that require expendables (such as Politico Corruptos, Untraceable Cell phones, Blackmail photos), hold onto them. You WILL need them eventually and will probably be begging people for extra spares if they have any. So start collecting and hording now. Get them from free gifts, loot, lotto; whatever it takes. Start early, so you hopefully don’t end up bored, frustrated and waiting for them when you get to the higher tiers in New York.
- If you don't want to become the target of attack in the game, then do not go on the “Hitlist” and try and take someone out early on in the game. Many players will rename their character level on purpose to fool you. Hence you don't know if a "Skilled Street thug" is actually a level 10 Character or a level 1000 character. And if he/she is a level 1000 character, be prepared to get an onslaught if you make them angry!
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