Zynga has thrown us a bone and added the Welding Torch to the Free Gift Page. This will make upgrading our Assassin's Academy to Level 15 much easier and change the strategy to get there. For details on upgrading your property go
here. For the basics on how Any Part and Individual Part requests work go
here.
The big questions was were how many Welding Torches can we accept per day and will there be carry over to the next level. To find out the answer, I went to an account that was at level 0 and had not started the upgrade process.
I used the Gift Blaster and waited until I had 250 Welding Torches in the ZMC.
I proceeded to accept them until I hit my daily gift limit of 250. I had accepted 20 Artillery Shells earlier in the day so I was able to accept 230 Welding Torches.
When I went to my Assassin's Academy Upgrade Page, I got the answer to both questions. There is no limit on how many Welding Torches we can accept in a day and they are carried over to the next level and can used for the next upgrade. I only needed 1 part to get to Level 1 but 229 Welding Torches can be applied to the next 14 levels.
This is an awesome update from Zynga and it changes the strategy of how we should request upgrade parts. You can make a Any Part request once every 8 hours. You will get 6 parts for every request you make. The parts are filled from left to right so it's important that you have all the Welding Torches you need to get to the next level before making the request. You want these parts to go into the Galvanized Steel pool and not be wasted in the Welding Torch pool. If you open multiple windows you can make more than Any Part request at a time. This will probably be fixed as it's been posted and utilized in a few exploiting type scripts. For now it still works.
Once your Any Part fills up, it's time to make an Individual Part request. The request should be reserved for the Reciprocating Saw and the request should be made after you get all the Galvanized Steel from your Any Part request. There are no limits on the Individual Part requests and the post is good until you make the next one. You will stop getting parts once you fill up for the next upgrade but as soon as you upgrade the request becomes active again. Making a link from your request and reposting it to your wall will get it back in the news feeds.
If you use the order described above, you should have no problems upgrading your Assassin's Academy to Level 15 in the 14 days allotted. Once you get to the higher levels, you might want to change the order and ask for Galvanized Steel for your Individual Part Request because you will need more of them and the requests don't have limits. If you do this, it's important that your fill up before making an Any Part request so the items go to the Reciprocating Saw pool. There are 14 days so on some occasions you may want to request Galvanized Steel and use the Any Part request before it's full.
Don't forget to share your Level Ups and scan for these requests. You can get an additional 4 parts per day. The game will say "You have already collected 3 parts today" when you hit the cap but you are able to get 4 parts from these news feed posts. It's been like this since the beginning and they should have updated this message by now.
You should scan and accept these parts only when you have vacancies for the middle part. They fill from left to right like the Any Part requests. Use the Stream Scanner to make it easy.
You need a total of parts to upgrade to Level 15. Many thanks to Frida, Carlos, Robert, Fione, Brad and Richard for helping to verify these numbers.
| Level | Welding Torch
 | Galvanized Steel
 | Reciprocating Saw
 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| 8 | 12 | 17 | 12 |
| 9 | 14 | 25 | 14 |
| 10 | 16 | 35 | 16 |
| 11 | 20 | 43 | 20 |
| 12 | 24 | 51 | 24 |
| 13 | 28 | 59 | 28 |
| 14 | 32 | 67 | 32 |
| 15 | 32 | 75 | 32 |
| Total | 208 | 407 | 208 |
Just a post script on strategy if I may. You can also accept 3 (some people 4) parts per 8 hours from your friends "Upgraded Property" posts. They work just like the Any Part from left to right Torch/Steel/Saw. It may not seem like much, but if you can collect 4 every 8 hours like I can, that's 12 per day x 14 days or 168 total, 126 for those who can collect 3 per 8 hours. I finished the last property with 18 minutes on the timer and wouldn't have even been close without those parts :)
ReplyDeletethey just crazy its insane .... how are we suppose to complete all these tasks dammit i have a life a job and wife and kids so should i stop playing i just cant keep up
ReplyDeleteby opening multiple windows you can post more than one "upgraded property". i like to post 4.
ReplyDeleteBecause the need for galv steel is higher than the need for recip saws, I would ask for the unlimited request on the galv steel first and then use the any part for the sawzall.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point. I'll make an edit to point that out. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAt this rythme of progression we are going to need more than 515 parts to reach level 15.
ReplyDelete(337 Galvanized Steel + 178 Reciprocating Saw)
That is INSANE !!!!
most of us cannot collect 3,4 parts from the upgrade posts every 8hrs...must have a lucky account....
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS INSANE AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH 4 0R 5 REQUEST FOR PARTS IT MAKES IT HARD FOR OTHERS TO COLECT PARTS.AND 515 PARTS IS B.S.I DONO'T THINK THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PLAY MAFIA WARS 1 ANYMORE AND TO MOVE TO MAFIA WARS 2.AND THATS THE DAY I QUIT,I PLAYED FOR YEARS IN SPECIAL FORCES AND WHERE IS IT AT NOW.GONEEEEEEEEEEEE
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice if after say a couple of days, Zynga would make one of the other parts available to send and ask for through the ZMC.
ReplyDeleteAs a player who uses both booklets and mafia addon. I figured you might want to put the word out that their is a bug with Addon's new New York property upgrader that can cost you serious amounts of cash. I lost 600 billion figuring out the problem.
ReplyDeleteYou can not see the cost to upgrade before you hit upgrade. I hit all the upgrades I wanted to do and started them, after seeing how much they would cost I X'd off the screen because there isnt a cancel button either. Thinking it would stop the upgrades. It did in fact stop the upgrades, but it didnt stop Addon from spending my NY money some how. I lost 600 billion. You must X off the screen and then refresh your mafia wars page to stop it from taking your money or it will suck you dry.