You’ve got to love acquiring the criminal lifestyle when you play Mafia Wars. And Mafia Wars bodyguards are certainly part of that mafia mystique. Sure, they are decent defensive equipment (DEF 25), but there are better to be had in the game. What’s the appeal of bodyguards?
Mob lifestyle appeal aside, if you are getting hammered on the fightlist a bodyguard can turn that around for you in a snap. Newbies being targeted by established gamers is de rigour for the game, so it’s no wonder that acquiring defense like Mafia Wars bodyguards is at the head of a new player’s list of needs.
You want to know where you might get Mafia Wars bodyguards? Find them in the Protect Your City from a Rival family job in the Hitman tier. One great thing about those bodyguards is that you can acquire a set while you are still in those low levels. (When you seek even better defense than bodyguards, you can get the Guerilla Squad in Cuba – El Padrino Storm the Presidential Palace loot.)
The Hitman job that could yield you those bodyguards is a powerful job for leveling, too. Use up 31 energy and receive 58 experience. Experience to energy ratio of 1.87 makes that job is a good bet for Mafia Wars leveling, [as well]. It’s a good energy investment and yields the bodyguards, arguably the top defensive equipment available to lower level players from job loot. If you are attacked by a roughly comparable gamer, you will win fights because of bodyguards. It’s smart to get bodyguards for as many of your crew as you can, since bodyguards are the best defense available to you at the beginner levels.
Maybe you have a more difficult problem than a few Mafia Wars bodyguards can solve. If your attacker has you outmanned, outgunned, and outclassed, bodyguards won’t end your losses – although they will increase your chance of wins! What’s a Mafia Wars whipping boy to do?
We better go over a bit of Mafia Wars fight strategy. Is your personal defense stat a sad 0? Is your crew size puny? Is every member of your mafia outfitted?
If those points make you wince, you’re going to have to alter the way you manage your mafia to improve fight outcomes. I understand that the desire to level up with speed has players piling all their points toward energy, but when you’re being singled out as a weak mark your strategy has to alter; try putting a few points into defense. And a teensy mafia family is a bulls-eye painted on your back – you’ll be outmanned every time! Don’t neglect your mafia size. And you’ll need to arm that crew the best way you can afford – every member needs a weapon, armor, and vehicle. If you only need to ward off an attacker, you can focus on getting the top defense equipment – like bodyguards!
Get Mafia Wars fight ready and acquire those bodyguards, too.
