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Mafia Wars Moscow – Mafiya or Vory v Zakone?

16
Oct/092

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Moscow is the latest expansion from Zynga for their hit social network game, Mafia Wars. After reaching level 70 players are given access and discover rather quickly that they must make a choice between two rival factions that are in control of the area.

The choice that must be made is between joining the modern Russian Mafiya or the more traditional vory v zakone. The big question that all players seem to have is which faction is better? This is a question that Zynga is very little help on since there really is not any detailed information about either. After reading this article you will be a bit more informed and will be able to use the knowledge to make a more informed choice.

Many people have said that it makes no difference which faction you choose however there are differences between them. Once forced to choose a side players discover that many things are different. Rewards, loot, and experience vs. energy ratio are the important things.

Episode 1

In the first episode there really is no difference in choosing mafiya or vory. The attack and defense of special loot for completing the episode are so close that it does not matter. The only advantage that we see is that the mafiya has a slightly better cash payout and experience to energy ratio.

Special loot:

Vory – Vehicle

Mafiya – Weapon

Episode 2

This episode is much the same as the first one. The Mafia enjoys a slight advantage experience, energy, and cash earned while the vory have an advantage in lower job requirements. Mafia are required to purchase a $3.2 million Davina while the vory only need a concealable camera.

Special loot:

Vory – Vehicle

Mafiya – Weapon

Episode 3

Again a very close episode in the form of special loot and the cash payout is very close as well. Once again the mafiya enjoys a slight advantage in experience and energy; however the gap in job requirements is getting larger in favor of the vory.

Special loot:

Vory – Weapon

Mafiya – Vehicle

Choosing a faction with little information made available by the game developer is difficult but while we have not broken down every episode in Mafia Wars Moscow it seems that both sides are very close in most aspects and that should continue throughout the episodes.

Mafiya seem to have a slight advantage in experience/energy ratio, as well as cash paid for jobs completed while the vory have a distinct advantage in the cost of required items for jobs.

With the two factions being so close in many areas it comes down to the fact that there really seems to be no difference in the two in the long run. Our advice is to read the posts that we have made on each faction and decide which you fit into. Are you a traditional type of player who values a code or do you favor a more western approach to your criminal activities?