The Mafia Wars Blueprint, the newest in a long line of recent game guide releases for Mafia Wars made its way to my desktop over the weekend and after giving it a read, I wanted to share my thoughts with everyone about how the newest in the current batch of game guides for the world’s fastest growing social game turned out.

Here are Just Some of the Things You Will Learn in Mafia Wars Blueprint Guide:

Vital Stats

There are several vital statistics that will determine your character’s ability to continue playing and moving up in the game. These are health, stamina, and energy. As you complete jobs and get involved in fights, your energy and health will be effected. These stores are gradually replenished over time, and have varying degrees of influence on your ability to keep playing Mafia Wars.

Hitting the Streets

When you start playing Mafia Wars, your character will be a street thug whose only source of income is Louie’s Deli. This gives you $250 every three hours, but that’s hardly enough if you want to build a mafia empire. You’ll need to acquire all kinds of equipment and vehicles for yourself and for the mafia you’re going to put together. But you can’t get any of those things without cash. You need to get some more money coming in fast.

Building Up Your Mafia

When you’re first starting out in Mafia Wars, you can take care of most jobs, and even the occasional fight, on your own. As you start to accumulate assets and take on bigger jobs though, you’ll need to have some help. Recruiting other players to join your mafia is the only way you’re going to be able to be successful in the game, and there are several ways of going about this.

Cash Flow and Money Management

Of course, to go out and buy all of this equipment, you’ll need an awful lot of money. You’re not going to be able to get enough doing jobs. You simply won’t have enough energy to accumulate money fast enough. You could also fight other players to get money. If you win, you can take some from them, but this is a draining way to build up your bank account. Plus it just doesn’t provide a consistent cash flow.

All About Godfather Points

Godfather reward points are not easy to come by when you’re playing Mafia Wars. They are extremely useful though, so you’ll need to make sure you get the most out of the ones you’re able to accumulate. There are several ways to earn Godfather points, and plenty of ways to spend them. At the beginning of the game, it can be tempting to use these points as soon as you get your hands on them. You’ll be very happy later on if you resist this initial urge.

Fights

It is possible to survive in Mafia Wars by fighting. You may even eventually be able to prosper. It’s not the best way to get to the top for a number of reasons though. Once you’re established, there’s certainly no harm in picking some fights and exerting your influence. But it’s best to wait until you’ve got the muscle behind you to back up your bravado.

Working hard and investing should be your priorities early on. If you’re focused on fighting, you won’t be able to do this though. In order to win fights on a regular basis, you’ll be dumping money into buying weapons and armor and hospital bills. You’ll also have to invest some skill points into building up your health and stamina maximums and all of this takes away from your ability to do jobs and purchase property.

No matter what level you’re at or what approach you take to moving up though, you’ll have occasion to fight on a somewhat regular basis. Other people will pick fights with you and you’ll have to be prepared to defend yourself and you assets. Spending a bit of money to plan ahead for this eventuality will serve you well in the long run.

Cuba

Once you’ve reached level 35 in Mafia Wars in New York, you’ll have to option of flying to Cuba to establish a presence for your family and take on some new challenges. This is a great way to keep the game play fun and interesting as you reach the higher levels. If you’ve gotten to level 35, you’ve got to be a seasoned veteran of the game already and know how to work the system. There are some significant differences in the way things work in Cuba. You can run into trouble fast if you don’t know what you’re dealing with and what to look for.

Russia

Once you’ve reached level 70 in Mafia Wars, you’ll have to option of flying to Moscow to establish a presence for your family and take on some new challenges. Players from level 70 and above are given access to Russia and upon reaching, you will need to make a choice between the two rivals that dominate the Moscow crime scene.
You will have to choose to join either the modern Russian Mafiya group or the traditional Vory gang. Most players believe that there is no difference between both these groups but you will find out that there are key differences as each faction offers different rewards, loot items, experience points and energy needed for each task.

Bangkok

Upon completion of Moscow, there is a new location for Mafia Wars, this being Bangkok. Recently, all job tiers have been opened for Bangkok (i.e. Episode 1-5) and there have been some new additions to the game.
Mafia Wars Bangkok has a live Fight Page whereby the player choose to fight the Yakuza or Triad faction members. This is something new and exciting because the player can improve their gang reputation or ‘street credit’ by killing members of the opposing faction. By killing members of an opposing side, you will get more points than if you do otherwise.
For example, a player who is affiliated with the Triad faction is better off killing the Yakuza members on the Fight Page as the player will then get higher faction points for being a loyal killer. Another interesting bit in Bangkok is that loyalty to one criminal organization is important; therefore, you and your clan mates / friends will really have to organize yourselves in only 1 faction to become stronger.
There are now 90 new jobs to do in Mafia Wars Bangkok which can earn you more powerful items. Even if you have low Energy in Bangkok’s faction based fighting, they can now go higher up in the rankings much easier. But, the higher your faction standing, the better items or weapons you can acquire from your faction which is why most players try for the high attack items by joining the Yakuza.

Conclusion

There’s no one way to be successful at Mafia Wars. That’s part of what makes it such a great game though. You’ve got to make good business decisions and accumulate allies if you’re going to get anywhere in this underworld. The tips and tricks in this book can go a long way towards helping you build a powerful mafia empire.

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1. How to get dozens of top mafia member to join your family in just 2 hours.

2. How to never lose a fight or get robbed again.

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4. How to double your Godfather points overnight.

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This is really a common sense guide written in easy to understand English.  It’s not salesy, fluffy, or unbelievable.  You may even say “I could have been doing that!”

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Players who lack the ability to recruit new members will earn less money, lose more fights and have a limited amount of opportunities and bonuses to choose from as compared to successful recruiters.  It’s unfortunate because adding new members to your mafia is actually one of the easiest things to do!

Income Benefits

Mafia Mike’s provide players with the highest return on investment than any other property available in the game.  The catch is your ability to purchase this valuable property is dependent on the amount of people you have in your Mafia.  The more members you have the more Mafia Mike’s you can purchase.  And these properties cannot be robbed or attacked (a feature that is currently disabled by Zynga).

Also, the more members you have the more notifications you’ll receive for assists.  Assists are a type of alert you receive to help someone in your family with a job or a fight.  They can be quite profitable and help you level up faster because you receive bonus money and extra energy for each notification you receive.  Currently, players can participate in 25 assists per city per day.  In a nutshell, these are as close as you can get to receiving free money and free experience points!

Other Benefits

Simply put, “The more people you have the more powerful you are.”  Your top 501 players are used to determine your overall attack and overall defense ratings.  Therefore your chances to maximize these critical metrics are also a function of the number of people in your mafia.  If your numbers are high and someone attacks you, chances are they will not only lose the fight, but they will also lose money.  Their loss is your gain.  I’ve received $100,000 per attack when weaker opponents have tried to fight me and lost.

On the other hand, players with high attack ratings can also benefit from being the aggressor.  Winning not just experience points but a few hundred thousand dollars a pop sure can be fun!

So be sure to post your “Add Me” link to the various groups on Facebook.  Also, take advantage of the ability to send out “Invites” under the “My Mafia” section in your Mafia Wars control panel.

There are five new Thanksgiving-themed free gifts available for Mafia Wars. Here is the loot list:

Weapons:

Turkey Silence (28 attack, 13 defense)
Tomahawk (23 attack, 19 defense)
Potato Masher (26 attack, 17 defense)

Armor:

Pigskin Helmet (18 attack, 24 defense)

Vehicle:

Parade Balloon (14 attack, 28 defense)

Both doing one job.
The differences are :

* One player has Step 1, but the other has Step 2 written there.
* The job description
* The Payout
* Energy requires
* Job Mastery
* The countdown timer. One player can do it every 8 hours and the other for 24 hours.
* The amount of UCPs, of course. First pic got 15 of UCPs, second player got 30 of UCPS.

Once you hit the mother load, you can then ask your friends to help you out. I am assuming that once 10 people help you out (like the other jobs), you will be able to collect the bonus pay (will confirm or deny soon).

See 3 items from these new collections :

MONEY LAUNDERING COLLECTIONS

Full collections :

It includes the following pieces: Money Iron, Dirty Laundry, Dryer Sheets, Money Line, Roll of Quarters, Death by Detergent, Dirty Bra.

The bonus for vaulting the collection is rumored to be +10% extra money from laundering, but that is still up in the air for now, as the collection was pulled shortly after it was put up.

Your Mafia of 426 fought against Level-69 with a Power Cutter, a Wood Chipper, a Nail Gun, a Reciprocating Saw, 22 Gold Desert Eagles, 16 Napalms, 2 Hedge Clippers, 59 Sub Machine Guns, 61 Cupid’s Tommy Guns, a Mini Uzi, 43 Poison Gas Grenades, 2 Axes, a Hammer, 12 RPG Launchers, a Bloody Chainsaw, 181 Chain Guns, 19 .50 Caliber Rifles, 2 Grenade Launchers, 14 A Pint o’ Green Beers, 7 Half Dollar Body Armors, a Gas Mask, 15 Bodyguards, 7 Night Vision Goggles, 382 Body Armors, 7 Harley Davidson “Fat Boy” Motorcycles, 11 Armored Cars, 407 Town Cars, and a Luxury Yacht.

Level-69 Mafia of 107 fought with a Gold Desert Eagle, 2 Napalms, a Bookie’s Holdout Pistol, a Sub Machine Gun, a Police Baton, 2 AK-47s, a Poison Gas Grenade, 4 RPG Launchers, 5 .50 Caliber Rifles, 15 Chain Guns, 6 Grenade Launchers, 10 Tommy Guns, a Hacksaw, 7 Semi-Automatic Shotguns, 10 Automatic Rifles, 8 Firebombs, 7 Machine Pistols, 15 9mm Semi-Automatics, 10 Grenades, an A Pint o’ Green Beer, 5 Half Dollar Body Armors, 2 Bodyguards, a Night Vision Goggles, 31 Body Armors, 3 Bullet Proof Vests, 5 Stab-Proof Vests, 3 Lucky Shamrock Medallions, a Harley Davidson “Fat Boy” Motorcycle, 6 Armored Cars, a Luxury Yacht, 11 Town Cars, 15 Getaway Cruisers, 2 Prop planes, 3 Sedans, 20 Armored Sedans, 9 Armored Trucks, 5 Delivery Trucks, 4 Motorcycles, and 2 Speed Boats.

You WON the fight, taking 0 damage and dealing 24 damage to your enemy. You gained $0 and 1 experience points.

*** You are at an advantage because:
1) Your weapons with the lowest attack are Chain Guns (16 attack) and .50 Caliber Rifles (16 attack).
2) Your armor with the lowest defense are Body Armor (7 defense).
3) Your vehicle with the lowest stat are Town Cars (10 attack).

*** Your opponent is at a disadvantage because:
1) He has 10 Tommy Guns (12 attack), a Hacksaw (6 attack), 7 Semi-Automatic Shotguns (5 attack), 10 Automatic Rifles (4 attack), 8 Firebombs (4 attack), 7 Machine Pistols (3 attack), 15 9mm Semi-Automatics (3 attack), 10 Grenades (2 attack).
* His mafia is 107.
* He has 39 weapons with high attack (Chain Guns or better).
* He has 68 weapons worse than Chain Gun.
–> He could have improved his arsenal by buying 68 more Chain Guns (16 attack).

2) He has 3 Bullet Proof Vests (2 attack), 5 Stab-Proof Vests (2 attack), 3 Lucky Shamrock Medallion (1 attack).
* His mafia is 107.
* He has 47 armor with high attack (Body Armor or better).
* He has 11 armor worse than Body Armor.
* He has 49 mafia members without armor.
–> He could have improved his armor attack by buying 60 more Body Armor (4 attack).

3) He has 15 Getaway Cruisers (6 attack), 2 Prop planes (5 attack), 3 Sedans (4 attack), 20 Armored Sedans (4 attack), 9 Armored Trucks (4 attack), 5 Delivery Trucks (3 attack), 4 Motorcycles (2 attack), and 2 Speed Boats (0 attack).
* His mafia is 107.
* He has 19 vehicle with high attack (Towncar or better).
* He has 60 vehicle worse than Towncar.
* He has 28 mafia members without vehicles.
–> He could have improved his armor attack by buying 88 more Towncars (10 attack).

Scenario #2 – You are Level-67 with 434 mafia. A Level-75 attacked you with 146 mafia.

Here’s the result from the person who attacked you:

Your Mafia of 146 fought against Level-67 with 11 Midas’ Butterfly Knives, 20 Napalms, 2 St. Patty’s
Shillelaghs, 27 RPG Launchers, 64 Chain Guns, 22 .50 Caliber Rifles, 8 A Pint o’ Green Beers, 47 Half
Dollar Body Armors, 21 Bodyguards, 22 Night Vision Goggles, 48 Body Armors, 20 Harley Davidson “Fat Boy”
Motorcycles, 19 Armored Cars, 3 Chrome Skylines, 102 Town Cars, a Luxury Yacht, and a Stolen Mail Truck.

Level-67’s Mafia of 434 fought with a Power Cutter, a Wood Chipper, a Nail Gun, 5 Midas’ Butterfly Knives,
a Reciprocating Saw, 22 Gold Desert Eagles, 59 Sub Machine Guns, 61 Cupid’s Tommy Guns, a Mini Uzi, 43
Poison Gas Grenades, 13 RPG Launchers, a Hammer, a Bloody Chainsaw, 181 Chain Guns, 19 .50 Caliber Rifles,
18 Grenade Launchers, 6 Tommy Guns, 14 A Pint o’ Green Beers, 7 Half Dollar Body Armors, a Gas Mask, 15
Bodyguards, 7 Night Vision Goggles, 382 Body Armors, 5 Stab-Proof Vests, 3 Lucky Shamrock Medallions, 11
Armored Cars, 407 Town Cars, a Luxury Yacht, 9 Prop planes, and 6 Armored Trucks.

*** You are at a disadvantage because:
1) You have 18 Grenade Launchers (10 defense) , 6 Tommy Guns (10 defense).
* You only have 181 Chain Guns thinking that’s all you need. (Because that’s what you used to attack.)
–> You could improve your arsenal by buying an additional 24 Chain Guns (14 defense).

2) You have 5 Stab-Proof Vests (5 defense).
* You only have 382 Body Armors thinking that’s all you need. (Because that’s what you used to attack.)
–> You could improve your arsenal by buying an additional 8 Body Armor (7 defense).

3) You have 6 Armored Trucks (8 defense).
* You only have 407 Towncars thinking that’s all you need. (Because that’s what you used to attack.)
–> You could improve your arsenal by buying an additional 6 Towncars (12 defense).

Building Your Mafia

Your mafia is the single most important thing for you success in this game. If you want to do well, make sure you have a decent sized collection of family members even as you just get started. This can be done easily enough by contacting all your friends, going to blogs and swapping mafia members with other mafias on forums. Never spend your Godfather points on getting new members however. It’s not worth it.

Getting Godfather Points

Godfather points are the root of all success in this game. The attack power and defensive boosts you get from loading up on these points is enough to help you take on enemies 50 or 100 levels higher than you. That kind of power up is almost impossible to come by any other way. The key here is not to spend cash on these or to give away your real contact info to the special offers that the game wants you to fill out. Rather, use a fake email address and sign up for as many that don’t require credit card numbers as possible.

Playing Every Day

If you play the game every day you can do a tremendous job of tapping your energy when it is available and getting the most out of your account. Additionally, you can play the lottery daily and get a much better rate of return on your Godfather points. You don’t need to play hours a day, but a 10 minute login every day will do wonders for your play.

If you do these things, are ruthless with your opponents and never fall behind in the game, you will quickly find that you can blast your way to the top of the Mafia Wars hierarchy without having to pay any extra cash, or wheedle any favors out of your fellow players. Just play well, be careful and build your mafia quickly. Those are the secrets to success.

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Mafia Wars is one of the most popular games that are available on the social networking site of Facebook, Myspace and others. That’s why we thought we should help you out with our own Mafia Wars Cheats to help you win. We’ve been playing this game for a while now and we have to say that it is pretty addictive. It’s just one of those things that are so much fun that you want to keep playing it. It’s cool because the game consists of social networking and building a family required to be successful.

Growing Your Wealth in Mafia Wars

At the very start, when you are doing jobs, choose the ones that offer you the highest payoff with the least amount of energy used – good pay/energy ratio. Alternatively, you can choose jobs that have a high experience gained/energy used ratio. The more benefit to you with the least energy lost is the right direction you should take.

As soon as you are paid, it is a wise decision to bank your money. Yes there is a 10% money-laundering fee that the bank will charge you, but this is much better than losing everything in a fight.

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Top 9 Tips To Dominate Mafia Wars

1.Saving Energy Packs

They will come handy during times of emergencies.

2. Pick The “Maniac” Class

Sure, you won’t get the money that the other classes do, but in this game energy has much more value than money. Energy allows you to do missions, whereas money will not. This is the first mistake that players make when starting out.

3. Work and Buy Property

You got to work hard to get as much money as possible, so you can start buying up property.

4. Get the Best Weapons

There are a lot of weapons to choose from, but you have to go with the ones that are going to provide the most attack points. You send your strongest weapons into fight first because you need to do as much damage as possible.

5. Double Each Level

Your attack and defense points should be at least two times as strong as the scale for the particular level you’re in. If you’re in level 2, you should have your attack and defense points at 4.

6.Bank Your Money

This game is all about mobs and you could very easily end up losing money during fights. Your money is very much safer in a bank.

7. Strengthen Your Mafia Family

Recruit people who play this game almost every day. This will ensure that you are building a strong family. Help other members of your family and by doing this, you are also keeping your family strong.

8. Buy Properties

Work towards making more money and use this money to buy properties that will help you dominate games.

9. Be a Fan of Stone Cold Pimps

This is a trick you can use to help get a lot more people to join your mafia family.

Questions And Answers

Q & A Section

Q1. What are the skills in

Mafia Wars?

• Attack increases your damage on enemies during fights.
• Defense reduces the damage you receive from enemies in fights.
• Health determines how well you survive fights.
• Energy is your ability to do jobs.
• Stamina allows you to fight more often.

Q2. How to make money in

Mafia Wars?

A: Do jobs and help your family with their jobs. Invest in property for a steady stream of income. Get into fights and target players on the hit list. There’s nothing better than making dough while icing someone.

Q3: What are the characteristics of the

Mafia Wars characters

A: Moguls level up the slowest, but they make money quickly. Maniacs recover energy quickly and are better equipped for doing jobs. The fearless recover health quickly, which gives them an advantage in fighting. At this point you cannot change your character type in the game.

Q4: How do I get more Godfather points?

A: Play every day and you will get a bonus of 3 Godfather points every day that you sign in. When you level up, you will get 1 godfather point

The basic idea behind Mafia Wars is simple. Start your Mafia family, Run 3 kinds of crime business and eventually try to rule all of New York City. OK, great, so how do you do this? Well one of the biggest flaws in the game is there really is no guide or directions. Your kinda left hanging with this but, most people will pick it up pretty quick.

Your 2 main goals are pretty simple, grow your family and level up. Recruit as many people into your mafia family to gain strength. You want as many people doing jobs for the family as well as a lot of people for fights. The more people you have the better off you are. Recruiting is pretty simple, first invite your friends and after that there are loads of places on Facebook to find new recruits. Remember, to have someone in your mafia family you will have to make them your friend on facebook.

You level up by doing various jobs and winning fights. As you increase in level you will have the opportunity to gain more properties, better weapons and other inventory items as well as earn money.

The game itself is really addictive once you start. You will find yourself signing in just to see if you made any money or if anything new has happened. IT can get crazy but all in all it’s a lot of fun. To start playing just do a search for Mafia Wars on Facebook. It is also available for yahoo and MySpace and I am pretty sure the iphone now too.

How To Get All Looted Items And Weapons in Mafia Wars Cheats Revealed

Doing the following jobs will score you the items listed below. Remember that you may not get the item the first time around. You might need to do the job again but you will eventually get the listed items by completing the jobs associated with the items. Enjoy!

Beat Up Rival Gangster (1e) = .22 Pistol (2A 0D)

Collect Protection Money (2e) = Butterfly Knife (2A 1D)

Rough Up Dealers (2e) = Brass Knuckles (2A 2D)

Rob a Pimp (3e) = .9mm Semi-Automatic (3A 2D)

Take Out a Rogue Cop (3e) = .45 Revolver (3A 2D)

Perform a Hit (3e) = Tactical Shotgun (3A 2D)

Destroy Enemy Mon Hideout (5e) = C-4 (5A 2D)

Kill a Protected Snitch (5e) = Stab-Proof Vest (2A 5D)

Bust a Made Man Out of Prison (5e) = Automatic Rifle (4A 4D)

Fight a Haitian Gang (6e) = Semi-Automatic Shotgun (5A 4D)

Smuggle Across The Border (7e) = Armored Truck (4A 8D)

Repel the Yakuza (13e) = Grenade Launcher (14A 10D)

Disrupt rival smuggling ring (15e) = 50 .50 Caliber Rifle (16A 11D)

Invade Tong-controlled Neighborhood (25e) = Armored Car (14A 15D)

Sell Guns To The Russian Mob (25e) = RPG Launcher (20A 12D)

Protect your City against a Rival Family (35e) = Bodyguards (8A 25D)

Assassinate a Political Figure (35e) = Night Vision Goggles (5A 16D)

Exterminate a Rival Family (40e) = Napalm Attack (25A 9D)

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tips session, and this time, it’s off to the mafia.Mafia Wars  seems like a simple game at first glance, but once you get into it, it actually begins to become somewhat complicated with hits, different jobs, adding members, equipping all of them, and so on. What do you buy? What quests do you do? How should you level? These are all questions that are posed by new players, and it can be a bit daunting. Well, we searched high and low for ways to help you out, and hopefully these tips and tricks will help those new players that simply feel overwhelmed.

So you’ve started Mafia Wars and you’re not sure where to start, well, the first choice is easy enough: Pick a “Maniac” class. While earning more cash or health might seem appealing, energy is what allows you to do quests and it is significantly better to earn both cash and experience instead of just one. That said, it’s time to get down to business.

DO NOT add to you mafia right away. Yes, you do want a large mafia to be stronger, but if you are ill-prepared, this is going to hurt more than help. Essentially, you want to have a “Mafia Mikes” and a “Bloody Chainsaw” (please note, that the bloody chainsaw is a special item bought from the home page and will periodically change. For all intents and purposes, the special item tends to have similar stats, and is often interchangable if the chainsaw is gone) for every two members. Here’s the thing though, the game bases the amount of members you need for another one of these items based on your current members. So say you bought a chainsaw with a mafia of 12, but then added 8 people, you’ll now need 22 members to buy another one, thus losing out the extra chainsaws you could have bought at 16, 18, and 20 members. Assuming that you are now equipping properly, it is time to spend some experience points.

Ideally, you want to put all of your points into energy so you can level faster. Since quests are going to be your primary source of experience and cash (hence why you used maniac), your limiting factor is how fast your energy recharges. Furthermore, energy resets every level, so having an high energy and a fast regeneration can get you to higher levels exponentially faster. Of course, you will want other stats eventually (when that is, is completely up to you), but this will give you a nice start.

Okay, so now you’re leveling at a nice pace and you’re getting those Mafia Mikes and Bloody Chainsaws when you should. What’s next? Why, equipping your mafia of course, and this can be done either via looting or buying. In general, it is better to loot in higher missions, but if you want to be safer, just buy, and if you’ve been doing what’s been said so far, money shouldn’t be a serious issue. The recommended equipment is as follows (once you can buy them of course):

• Weapons: Bloody Chainsaws should be available to half your mafia (since you’ve been buying them every two members right?), thus the other half should utilize the Chain Guns (.50 Caliber Rifle is better once you start looting).
• Armor: Body Armor all around – period. Yes, you can buy other stuff too, but this is a definite purchase.
• Cars: Secondary to armor and weapons, but if you must have one, the Towncar comes recommended.

This should be more than enough to get you started on the right track in Mafia Wars. However, before things get wrapped up, here are some other interesting tips found around the web that should work for both the MySpace and Facebook versions of the game.

• Avoid the Hitlist as best as possible. While it might be fun at higher levels, drawing attention to yourself at lower levels is just going to get you killed over and over again by high level players. Stay under the radar as long as you can.
• If you ever attack someone and get the maximum amount of cash ($70,000), bookmark them and attack them as often as possible.
• When you do start using other stats besides energy, it is best to keep attack and defense equal.
• (MySpace Version) More Energy – Send an energy pack to a friend along with the message, then go to your MySpace page and click on the link (the image) and you will send one to yourself.
• (MySpace Version) Beat the Bank 10% – Annoying, but if you deposit $9 at a time you will beat the system.
• Best Early Cash & Experience Jobs:
  o Level 1 – 4: Auto Theft
  o Level 5 – 8: Bank Heist
  o Level 9 – 12: Museum Break In
  o Level 13 – 17: Wiretap the Cops