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Damn, I'm stuck on 6 of 8 moscow objects. 

I even tried the trick of doing the easiest level in MW which only costs 1 energy and did it 100 times.  NOTHING was dropped.

Edited by Aikidoman 2009-08-31 11:26 AM

I thought about that ^^^^^.  Even tried about 5 of them and nothing happened so I stopped.

Even with 15 fights each time my stamina is full I'm not getting anything.  Grrrrrrrrr.

I can't decide what I want to do next and I keep flip flopping...

I wanted to master all the NY levels but THEN I saw what you can get for mastering the second Cuba level, so switched to that.

OR do I finish up the first levels of all the cuba jobs?  Can't decide...

I'm currently working on level 2 jobs of Underboss and Boss but tend to keep running out of Untracable Phones, Blackmail photos, and ITRs..

I'm currently working on level 2 jobs of the Third series of Cuba jobs

AND working on level 1 jobs of the last set of Cuba jobs (the ones they just added several weeks ago for levels over 150)

I just started working on the capo teir... but then again I am only level 70 something.

I have thought about going back to get the loot that I missed in the other tiers (Soldier, Enforcer, etc.) but I didn't think that their would be any big benefit there when it seems you get better gains from a job mastery item v. loot bonus.

I have also been curious why when I fight people now, the list only has mafias that are easily 100 to 200 levels above me.  I'm aonly 185, and I usually have to fight people around 300 to 380.  That doesn't seem fair.

However, I always win agains people with mafias less than 501, but lose to anyone with mafias that are higher than 501.

I noticed that as well. I have to fight guys ranked in the high 80s. Doesn't seem very fair. I get stomped half the time.

Mafia size matters more than level.  I only attack people who have a mafia size of N+10 or less where N is the size of my mafia.  I win 95% of my fights, easily.  There are always cases where people have ridiculously high attack/defense numbers.  But as long as I stick to smaller mafias I don't have to pay any attention to level.

Now, with Lara's character I have to look at the level.  Because once everyone has 501 mafia, level matters.  With her character I try not to attack anyone with 501 mafia and a higher level than her.  I even prefer to just attack people with a smaller mafia.  However, if they have, say, 400-something mafia and are a higher level, I leave them alone....

Edited to add: I read in the forums that there is a certain level below which there is some filter to keep you from having to fight people of very high levels.  Above that level the floodgates open and the random generator can now pick anyone it wants...including really high levels.  I swear the cutoff was in the 170's somewhere....

Edited by jldicarlo 2009-08-31 12:34 PM

I think mafia size matters most, as long as you equipe them with a good weapon, armor, and transportation.

THEN I think it's what you have.  I started losing more fights for a while, but when I mastered the second set of Cuba jobs, I got a Guerilla Commando wich is just SICK.  38 attack and 36 defense (or something like that) and started winning most of my fights again.

Then it's level and attack/defense numbers.  I think they are the same because the higher level you have, the higher attack and defense you most likely have.

But again, I can beat people 200 levels above me most of the time as long as they have 400 or less mafia.  Anything over 400 and I'm taking my chances.

I really need to pay more attention to what I equip my mafia with!  I haven't really paid much attention because I'm concentrating more on getting through all the tiers.  But once I am through them all I should start counting how many high-level items I have versus how many mafia I have!

I try to have 1 body armor, bonus weapon, and town car for each of my mafia.  That way I know I'm covered.

I know I have several better armors, weapons, and vehicles, but I don't want to sort through them just to get rid of a couple lower items.

Is the bonus weapon that good?

It is and it isn't. It's awesome as a single weapon ability, but overall it's not worth terribly much. When you have 501 mafia members even if you have just bonus weapons on everyone, that's ~10,000 attack. Now add the extra weapon on and you get 10,018. That's not much of a difference.

I "bought" 7 gold plated machine guns that were 30 attack and 30 defense.  I have no doubt that those helped me kick people's butt when I had a smaller mafia.  Now that I am up to 140 people though, they matter less .....

But i like collecting the more powerful loot.  At level 76 with 140 mafia my attack is over 6,000 and defense really close to that.  So unless someone has a lot more mafia than me I usually win in fights and robbing.

I don't get enough Godfather points to get the really good stuff.

Yeah, but Daremo already said that he ponied up some real world cash for extra points.

I have only used my points to energy refills. I have not bought actual points.

What do you guys think of the lottery bonus'??

Let's talk achievements...

I still have 7 to go.  I'm not too worried about some of them.  They will come in time.

I still have

"What else you got" (master all NY levels) - no prob.
"No Razors Needed" (vault the beard collection) - no prob
"uncle Sam" (get 50 federal agents) - no prob
"treasure hunter" (find a rare item in a crate)  - this one sucks because I already did that before the achievment was available and I didn't get credit.  so I have to do it again.  I rarely use my GF points for mystery crates.  I use them for energy our buying weapons...
The last three are the money ones.

deposit 1 trillion, 10 trillion, and 999 trillion.

I did the math.  I currently get about 100 million per hour with properties.  At that rate, it will take me over a YEAR to get to a trillion.  10 years to get to 10 trillion, and a THOUSAND years to get to 999 trillion!!!!!

How on earth can you do it?  I guess you just do the Boss job that gains you about 100 million each time and just do that over and over and keep amassing properties...  Still will take a long time though.

Worthless.  I got ONE lottery item.  Most of the time, it's just junk.  Boy, winning 1000 GF points would be awesome though.

I put down some real cash early on (probably about 10-15 bucks) to get some cool items (dragon skin armor and a gold mac 10.)  that's about it.

I used to get beat by people with a "bloody webby".  I still have no clue what that is and how to get it.

Edited by Aikidoman 2009-08-31 3:15 PM

So now I'm stuck and need a lot of Illegal transaction records, concealable cameras, blackmail photo's, politico corrupto's, untraceable cameras,etc. If anyone has any spare's to donate I would greatly appreciate them as I am literally out of jobs to do that I haven't mastered the level yet.

Yup.  Was hoping to get the Rare mystery crate achievement from some of those GF points, but didn't get lucky.  Got some good stuff and was able to take cash in Cuba to upgrade a lot of things in the businesses, but no go on the achievement.

I got the beard one from people here on BT, so ask around and people should be able to take care of that.  Of course with the "boost" thing a lot of people are cashing in their extras.

Edited by Daremo 2009-08-31 3:25 PM

Spiderman after getting his azz kicked??

I never even asked.  I know I will get them sooner or later.

I keep asking for ITR, Blackmail photos, and Untraceble Cell phones.  You need an ungodly amount for undreboss and boss levels.  They are HARD to master.  each job takes 50-70 in energy AND you only get 2-3% complete each time.  So you have to do the job 30-50 times just get close it out.  AND you need the looted items I mentioned for a lot of them to.  So you end up needing HUNDRES when all said and done.

That's why I fight a lot.  You can pick them up during fights faster rather than doing the jobs in earlier levels that are supposed to drop them.

you had to be on MAfia wars when Zynga won a Weby prize for the game, everyone got one as a gift.  I have no idea what a Weby is, but they won one (weby), and i got one (bloody version).

I wish it was easier to get a lottery item.  I think it should only take two numbers matching to get a lottery item.  The 1000 GF points WOULD rock....

I got lucky...I bought one crate and found a rare item...so I have that achievement. Otherwise all I have used my GF points for is energy refills...but I'm currently saving them up deciding what to get once I have accumulated some.