How to Play Facebook Mafia Wars

Mafia Wars is an application created by Zynga for both Facebook and MySpace flatforms. And Facebook Mafia Wars is fast becoming the most popular social networking game played by over 9 million users. To become a successful Mafia Wars player, you need to level up fast while building your defense and increasing your profit. Once you’ve reached 100+ level, you start expanding your Mafia family and continuously build stronger defense. Read on to learn some tips on how to become successful in Facebook Mafia Wars.

MONEY MAKING
If you are just starting out, you need to do some jobs to earn money. Do the jobs that will earn the most money or energy so you can level quickly. If you can do jobs simultaneously, that would be better. You can also try robbing other Mafia to make money but only until you can buy property that will give you profits. Always use the bank to protect your money until such time you have acquired expensive properties. Once you have purchased several profit making properties, you can forget about the bank with ridiculous interest. Join the hitlist with large ransom only, if you get lucky you can end up killing the big guy. You can volunteer to help others do some jobs… it takes no energy and you earn money.

PROPERTIES
Always buy a Mafia Mike’s whenever you can because the profit potential is huge compare to other properties. If at all possible, buy more than one of a property at a time so you can save money because the cost to buy the next one goes up from the initial base price. So be patient and keep saving your money.

LEVEL UP
Set yourself up to Maniac in order to level up quickly as it regenerates energy faster which can get the job done faster with less effort.
When you’re few points away from the next level, use your energy doing jobs with highest experience payoff because it will carry over and will help you level up faster. Getting out of the low level quickly is very important as it keeps you away from being the robbery target of the stronger groups (at least get to 100+ level quickly).

DEFENSE AND STAMINA
No matter how kind you are in Mafia Wars, you will be attacked and robbed. And if it happened that someone attacked or robbed you, let it go and don’t retaliate unless it is absolutely necessary especially if you are just starting to build your empire. Avoid putting someone in the hitlist or else, you will most likely be robbed or attacked frequently. Don’t use up too much of your profile points into defense. Always outfit your entire family with the best weapon, armor, and vehicle of highest attack ratings. Build your Mafia family and get even later.

If you don’t want to be a robbery target, always make sure that your mafia size is at least equal to your level (level 50 = 50 members).

SIZE OF YOUR MAFIA FAMILY
Having a huge Facebook Mafia Wars family equates to stronger defense, attacks, job accomplishments, and ultimately… more income! However, it would also mean difficulty in handling or playing the game since you have to provide each member with defensive and offensive outfits. There are others out there who maxed out their Mafia size within 24 hours, but if you can’t outfit them with armor, weapons, and vehicles… it is useless! So keep in mind that you do not need a huge Mafia family especially early in the game. But if you’re running out of Facebook friends to recruit, you can try the following:
Facebook Mafia Wars forums – you will always find someone who is looking for invites.
Mafia Websites and Discussions – search for popular Mafia websites and discussions and you will always find someone to recruit.
Mafia Wars Status Message – utilize the status message features to invite others to join your family. Leave your hyperlink when you visit Mafia websites or discussions.

There are so many ways to play the Facebook Mafia Wars and which ever way you want to do it, is up to you as long as you enjoy the game.

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