Slot Machine

I've updated the post below - see the bonus!

Las Vegas includes the new Slot Machine as a MW game. I've played this many times for free, about 30 times for points, and have even won 80 points on one pull. Now I've learned something new and important!

This is my slot machine from Zynga's game. I finally noticed the "Bonus" meter and "Bonus" button. Have you tried it? I just did - and got 70 defense armor! That was worth the points I put into the slot machine just by itself.

The other thing you can do is use the slot machine to create your own machine.

This is related to a new achievement - for thousands of people using your machine. My account has some problems posting, so I can't create a slot machine - but good luck on yours!

So here is my update on the bonus - here is a picture of my last slot reward. It seems to take about 20 plays to get a reward.

Cash in Las Vegas

Everyone needed racks of chips to get into Las Vegas. I still have many of them uncashed and still lost perhaps a million unbanked Las Vegas chips (yes, a million.) However, now I realize the appropriate strategy.

ALWAYS BUY ANY GEAR YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED

An hour or so ago I used being iced as an opportunity to look at all the jobs I could do and bought loot for them. Then I bought loot with money from my bank. I try to keep my bank half full: I have money for emergencies, but don't keep unbanked money around that could be lost in fights.

Choosing a Class

The most basic choice in the game is the type of character to play: Maniac, Mogul or Fearless. Zynga has changed their advantages over time, but the following are important about these:

1. Each type has an advantage on timers or jobs. Fearless gets back 1 stamina 30 seconds faster. Maniac gets energy back 30 seconds faster. Mogul gets 1/3 more money per job. Mogul collects money faster from properties.

2. Each time can ONLY be associated with certain types of "top mafia." Three of the top mafia positions can be done by any class, but one each is reserved for a mogul, manic or fearless. This is important because if you in a "top mafia" for at least one person, you get a bonus from that position.

Each position has different bonuses. They include extra money from jobs, extra XP from jobs, and spending no XP to do a job.

MY STRATEGY:

1. I have played all three types of characters. I did this to be in every top mafia position.

2. I change my class based upon circumstance. My common changes have been to maniac when I am starting a and to mogul when I am done all cities. This way I level more slowly.

It's important to realize that being a higher level character is not always better. While you get 5 skill points for a new level, you need a LOT more than what the skill points give you to get to the next level. So if you don't have jobs you need to do, you might as well get more money.

Zynga has recently really improved and stressed fighting, so I may take up fearless in between cities.

Mafia Wars Glossary

I often use a few terms I believe are common among experienced MW players. Please refer to this glossary for the terms.

Please feel free to recommend other terms and abbreviations.

BK - Bangkok

CCP - Credit Card Player. Someone who succeeds at the game by spending real-world money on loot.

EDP - Every day player. Dedicated players play every day. I've had women break up with me on how much I play!

EW - Energy whore. An energy-heavy character. Energy-heavy characters have been more successful than other types of characters. Zynga does a lot now to make more-than-energy necessary, but I have posts just on energy heavy characters. I have played energy whores: trust me, they level fast.

LV - Las Vegas

MW - Mafia Wars, the game

NYC - New York City

Me and My Mafia

Hi! As an experienced, multi-hour per day player I wanted to start sharing my Mafia Wars expertise for newer players, publish about glitches, share findings on new cities,and to give out some of my excess loot (for free) here. I've ran several different characters, have a 5000+ member mafia and had all the achievements except for the cell phone ones (MW won't change my cell number to my new cell!).

I play MW - a LOT. Too much for many people. And I am intense. So I often don't have messages enabled - please feel free to comment on any post of mine or email me on Facebook.