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There is a way, but you must hit the restart button. Hitting restart sends you back to where you started at Level 1. You lose all your money, weapons, property, experience points, etc.
What's the difference between the 3 Mob Boss types (Tycoon, Insomniac, Bulletproof?)
Tycoons get paid for their City property every 54 minutes instead of every 60 minutes (10% faster) while Insomniacs regain their energy 10% faster and Bulletproofs regain their health 10% faster.
These will automatically increase over time. Energy takes the longest to regenerate, at approximately 5 minutes per energy point. Health and stamina both take a few minutes each.
You gain experinece for winning fights or doing jobs successfully. You can watch your experience grow by watching the level meter in the top right hand corner of the game screen fill as you get close to the next level. Once you gain enough experience, you go up 1 level and you get 3 skill points which you can use to either increase Health by 10, Energy by 1, Attack or Defense by 1, or use 2 of your skill points to increase Stamina by 1.
The start over button will completely restart your Boss. You will lose your experience, money, mob, property, and stockpile. This is the only wasy you can change your mobster's name or type (Tycoon, Insomniac, or Bulletproof).
It depends, firstly on how often you're getting attacked.. if you're attacking other people, you'll be more likely to be attacked yourself. Nonetheless, you're likely to be attacked at least 4-6 times a day. Now, you only lose money if you lose the fight, and hopefully you're not losing all of them. However, you lose around 10% of what you're holding UP TO $100,000 per loss. This is important, as once you start making lots of money with the city, you'll likely never lose enough money from losing fights to make it worthwhile to bank, where you're sure to lose 10% of what you deposit. It's up to you, but I personally find the bank to only be worthwhile up to around when you're making a million or two an hour.
In order for someone to be in your mob you first have to send them an invite through the "My Mob" section. After they accept your invitation and create a mobster they need to go to their "My Mob" section and click on "Accept" under your name and picture. You will have to be friends with the other mobster to do this, but you may de-friend them and they will still remain in your Mob. Some people may be offended by this, so be sure to ask to de-friend them first.
Where do I find more mobsters to invite besides my friends?
Mob Wars Forum makes it easy! Just navigate to the Recruitment Office forum from the Home page of this site. Here you will have an option to choose Public or Private Add Me. Follow the rules there and reply to the various topics and you will have hundreds of new mobsters in no time!
Feel odd adding people as friends who are not really people you know? Make use of Facebook's limited profile feature or the new friend grouping feature which you can use to make a "Mob Wars Friends" list with limited privileges to see your profile. Check Facebook for help on this.
Is there any way to transfer money/stockpile/property/ to other mobsters in my mob?
No there isn't. It would encourage rampant abuse. People could (and would) create new accounts and just invest tons of money into the city, not worrying about fighting or anything else.. they could make, say, 50 accounts like this and funnel all of the hundreds of millions of dollars they made into their main account each day and easily become filthy rich.
Why won't people come to my "add me" thread and add me as a friend so i can add them on mob wars?
Simply because they are off making their own thread, because no one seems to have the common sense to LOOK for the thread before posting their own version of it. Please participate in one of the ones that already exist :D
You can also visit the Add Me topic Forum and make friends that way. The Add Me Forum allows you to choose either Public (with Facebook link) or Private (without link, done privately through the Private Message system here or through email.
How do I add my friend again if he accidentally ignored my request?
You can't. There is a 1 invite policy that is enforced by Facebook, not Mob Wars. You can still have them be in your mob though if you'd like... they just need to add Mob Wars by typing "Mob Wars" in the search bar located at the top left of any Facebook page. They then just need to manually add Mob Wars and send you an invite from the "My Mob" section and you guys can still be in a mob
Why do I lose a fight to a mobster who has a smaller mob with fewer weapons, armor and cars sometimes?
The number of mobsters you have and the equipment you give them only give you better chances of winning a fight. There is still a randomness to fighting and sometimes you will lose even though you have a bigger, better mob. Also the "Attack" and "Defense" statistics that your boss have play a role in deciding which mob wins.
Why do I sometimes get $0 or a very low amount of money when I attack someone, and other times I get a lot more?
You can collect a certain percentage of the cash that your victim has on hand, so if they put all of their money in the bank, you will get $0 upon defeating them.
Why did Mobster X hitlist me??? What did I ever do to him? He's like 5 million levels above me!
There are many possible reasons. Here are a few:
a) The name of the game is mob wars. Killing is fun.
b) You wrote something in the forums that Mobster X doesn't like or finds annoying. (Add me threads and more.)
c) Killing is fun.
d) You attacked Mobster X when he was on the hitlist a few days ago and you've forgotten. Only now is he getting his revenge.
e) You placed a hit on someone, and Mobster X, watching the hitlist, decided you also needed to be hit (*especially* if your death count is 0). No whining! You just whacked someone yourself.
f) Mobster X does not like your mobster name. (I've killed people for having names like "The C**t Slayer".)
g) Mobster X hitlisted you because the current day of the week has a name ending in Y.
h) You attacked someone on the hitlist and got the kill. The hit was placed by Mobster X. Now he wants to get rid of that contract killer he hired that wasn't part of his Family, because he can't trust you if the police get to you. Mobsters with enough money who place bounties do this all the time: you kill the bounty, then you're next on the hitlist, then your killer goes on....
i) Putting people on the hitlist is fun.
OK, enough reasons already!
Sometimes when I attack a mob I get 1 experience and other times I get like 15! What's the deal with deciding how much experience I get?
Jason has recently implemented a system to stop abuse that was previously occurring. The amount of experience you get when you fight someone is related to the amount of damage you receive from them. So if you fight an easy mob that does you 0 damage, you won't gain any experience. If you just eek out a win and take, say, 30 damage, you will gain a lot of experience.
How do I kill someone? I can never get past getting them to the hospital!
The easiest way to kill someone is if they are on the hitlist. This prevents them from going to the hospital and they can be attacked until at 0 health. It is possible to kill someone just from outright fighting, but you have to be able to do more damage than their minimum health before being sent to the hospital. So basically you must be much more powerful than them. You also get a kill credited to you if you place someone on the hitlist
Why do I only ever get $70,000 max for winning a fight, but lose $100,000 sometimes when I lose a fight?
Jason Gilbert, the developer, implemented the fighting win/loss $ ratio so that you lose more money than the victor wins. It's a method he uses, along with the bank's 10% take on deposits, to control inflation.
What is the yacht for? It costs $$$ to buy and in upkeep, but has no attack and defense!!
When you reach level 20 a job using the yacht (drug-running by sea) will become available to you. In order to do the job you'll need 30 energy points, and in order to buy the yacht you'll need a marina (on the city page).
The job pays up to $800,000 and gives you 35xp.
Why can't I use all the weapons that I have bought in my stockpile? Only some are being used!
You can only use as many guns, armors, and cars as you have mobsters, plus you. So if you have a mob size of 25, you can have 26 guns, 26 either Bulletproof Vests or Body Armors, and 26 vehicles. One for each mobster.
Why did I not get a bounty even though I won the fight on the hitlist?
Just successfully attacking the bounty or sending the bounty to hospital is not enough. You have to be the one to kill the bounty (reduce health to 0). You'll know when it happens - you get a little message saying "You killed Mobster X and claimed the bounty of $$$$" - unless you've clicked too often and a later message ("This mobster has already been killed") overwrites the kill result. But if you did kill Mobster X on the hitlist, you'll get the bounty even if you didn't see the kill result.
Sometimes two (or more) people are very close to delivering the killing attack, and the server gets a little mixed up, reporting that you got the kill when in fact you were not the first. Jason has fixed most of the bugs surrounding this issue, but it still happens on occasion. Only the first person who gets the kill gets the money. The target only loses experience for one kill.
Note that it is possible to kill another mobster even when attacking off of the hitlist. If you do enough damage and the other mobster has little health (but still enough not to be in hospital), you can send the other mobster to 0 health, which is death. You get a kill point, you get experience for winning the attack (if you did win the attack), he gets a death point and loses xp. There's no bounty for you though, only pride.
How is the amount of bounty decided when you want to put someone on the hitlist?
The amount of bounty that a person is worth is based on how much property they have in The City. Their bounty is approximately 10 times the amount of money they make through their property each hour. So if you make $2,000 an hour in the city, it will cost another mobster $20,000 (plus a listing fee) to put you on the hitlist. The minimum a hit can cost is $10,000 all together.
What is "The Godfather" and what does it give you?
The Godfather is a section that allows you to complete offers in return for "favor points." these favor points can be redeemed for money. The offers may be free or may cost money. Sometimes users will complain enough about a particular service and Jason will leave a note above telling you not to click on that service.
I have a problem with the Godfather giving me money/giving me points etc. or HELP! I bought something in the city and it took my money but didn't give me credit, why?
Please do not write to me about anything involving the Godfather or anything that is a game error. I'm not a developer or in anyway officially connected to Mob Wars. I'm just a player who made this FAQ to be helpful. You can contact the developer, Jason Gilbert on the main Mob Wars page. Please, be respectful when you email Jason. He gets thousands of emails a day and does the best he can. You likely won't get a response if you threaten him with bodily harm, swear at him, or tell him he can't play guitar very well.
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