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Many people sign in to Mafia Wars feeling the desire to level up. Not everybody is that single minded, but there is a satisfaction about watching your level rise. And Mafia Wars is definitely built to reinforce gaining ground in the levels – for example, you can’t access Cuba until 35 and you can’t go to Moscow until 70.
Let’s consider core concepts for Mafia Wars leveling. In order to complete a level, you need to gain experience points. The amount of experience needed to level up varies increasingly as you go up the levels – it’s a headache of a formula, I tell you. Robbery was another way to earn experience before Zynga pulled it from the game late in 2009. (Oh, heists, how I wish for your reinstatement.)
There are 2 main ways to level fast: job centered leveling and fight based leveling. Job centered leveling is easiest if you are a Fearless character, because you can optimize a special perk when positioned correctly in another player’s top mafia that makes your energy input zero on a about 5% of the jobs you work. Maniac characters also have an advantage in speed leveling with either method because of the quick regeneration of energy points built into that character. Using fights to level up may be the Mogul’s best choice, since they are lacking energy bonuses the other characters have.
Let’s examine job leveling first. It’s a low-key way to level quick. From level one to one hundred, you’ll assign the majority of your skill points into your energy stat. Focus on job mastery and tier mastery all the time. As you go up in the tiers, jobs will require more preparation and energy points to complete and you’ll earn more experience and loot too. Your given level dictates which job tiers are open to you, but don’t abandon mastery to jump ahead. Certain Mafia Wars jobs yield more experience for your energy investment within a tier – do those jobs as much as you can. It may seem like painful going at first, but this lays the groundwork for the upper tiers. Don’t overlook the importance of the skill points you’ll get as you do job based leveling, or the cash, loot, and tier mastery bonuses. (Plus you’ll be thrilled you grew your energy capacity when you get to Moscow.)
If you want to level fast through fighting, you’ll have some different strategy. You’ll want to invest heavily in your stamina stat to allow you to fight through the levels. Since winning on the fightlist requires crew size, equipment, and strong personal stats, you’ll have to spend some time in recruitment, buy some specials or lel, and allocate some skill points in attack, at least. But once you get rolling in fights, you acquire a lot of excellent equipment and money from your defeated opponents. You’ll aim to do a job as your final energy expenditure before you level up, since a job experience yield will give you a bigger step up that’s more experience point quantity than a fight. Lucky you, so few consumables to get compared to job centered leveling.
You might discover that a combination of job and fight leveling is more enjoyable than practicing just one or the other. Begin every session by dumping your stamina is some easy fights, because the experience:energy ratio on a typical fight is better than most jobs. And then start working jobs. Combine fight centered and job based leveling ideas like this and you can be a tough and also develop that massive energy stat that will be such an advantage later on. Who says you can’t have the best of both worlds for Mafia Wars leveling?
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