Triple Old City Mastery

As some readers have noted, Mafia Wars is giving players a reason to go back and complete levels in New York, Cuba, Moscow, and Bangkok, with the Triple Old City Mastery feature:


This has advantages for both old and new players: If you were just starting this game, you would NEVER sludge through New York (yes, sludge - I live there) to get your coveted 4-attack Armored Truck.

You *certainly* would never endure the Mafia Wars equivalent of childbirth to scratch out enough Baht, little by little, plus the 4,900 necessary Satellite phones, to progress through Bangkok. Instead, you would jump right into Las Vegas... and then Italy, where the loot is 20x better - and you can speed through the opening levels.

If you're a veteran with unfinished jobs/levels, you also want to focus all your Energy and Stamina in Italy as it opens, rather than the Avtoritet Level in Moscow.



So the Triple Mastery program (coupled with the occasional 2x Mastery bonus gift you can get/receive when doing jobs) will give you the incentive to get through those top tier jobs (where you're getting 1% or 2% mastery otherwise) AND pile up some Baht to but whatever's still worth buying in the Faction Store.

Nice move by Mafia Wars here.


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Secret Drops and 2x Mastery

In addition to Mystery Bags, we are starting to see Secret Drops in our gift list. These seem to contain a premium item or several new boosts (Adrenaline, Slum Lord, etc.) - you can only accept a certain number per day, and you obtain them from your Mafia (and send them to your Mafia) by doing jobs.
An icon will occasionally pop up allowing you to send a Secret Drop to three random Mafia members. Some Secret Drops contain new types of boosts, others contain Reward Points, Skill Points, and the like. Haven't seen Gold Keys in awhile... but still, Secret Drops are like enhanced Mystery Bags-Plus. Unlike Mystery Bags, however, you can only accept a certain number of Secret Drops per day - sort of like the Super Pignatas.
Also from doing jobs, you will occasionally see a 2x Mastery icon pop up, allowing you to send three random Mafia members this boost (and get it for yourself). Then, as you proceed to to jobs, you earn double mastery. These are especially helpful in Gold and Ruby levels in Vegas (or any city's top tier) when jobs are costing a lot of energy and earning 2% or 3% at a time.


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Double Mastery Boosts

Some friends got this new feature already on their account..
I got this new Double Master Gift send option which appeared in when doing jobs. Given that I've finished all the jobs (unless it also works with the Dublin jobs which I doubt) this is pretty moot for me.

The people in the list are chosen for me, so I can't choose whom I send these to. It seems they change after some time, dunno how long is the delay.Red!Thanks Red! Got the same info from Tom, VaibhaV, Sidhu, Dele, M Frogi, etc...We will be able to send request to 3 mafias that are already chosen for us..