In Mafia Wars, the end game for those who focus on leveling is determined by how much experience you need to get to the next level once you’ve depleted your energy and stamina pools. This stat is often referred to as the Ratio Needed. The more you level, the more experience is needed and serial levelers must keep this ratio low. You can track your ratio needed by using the Stats History Spocklet. Most who take the time to add to attack and defense will notice fluctuations. This statistic depends on what you add to energy and stamina.
Carryover experience earned from the Arena can help one serial level even when their ratio is higher than needed. A trick I like to use is to enter an Arena fight when I’m close to leveling up. Before entering, I use a Power Pack or collect from my Brazil or London Properties
All the experience gained is carried over into the next level. If I keep using my energy first and entering Arenas second, the extra experience will keep carrying over until it catches back up. Even though my ration is over 2.5, I can serial level for quite some time.
Many often ask how much energy or stamina they need to be a serial leveler. The answer depends on your level. Team Spockholm created a cool Spocklet called the Ratio-a-Nator to help answer this questions. To start using it today, follow the instructions below. To provide feedback on this tool, go here.
1. Ensure that you have the Spockholm Mafia Toolbar installed and click on the link below.
2. Click “OK” on the confirmation window. If you don’t see it right away, go to the Configuration Page and it will popup.
3. Type any part of rationator into the search bar and click on it to launch.
4. The Ratio-a-Nator will display your current energy, stamina, XP needed and current ratio.
5. Change the target ratio to what you would like your ratio needed statistic to be. I find when mine is around 2.3-2.4 I have no issues serial leveling. To get my ratio needed down to 2.4, I will need to add 3,182 skill points to energy or stamina. If I wait for a 2X Property Build or use Skill Point Reallocation, it will cost less reward points than buying them directly.
6. To figure out how your current ratio will be affected by leveling, type in the number of levels you would gain. If you check the “and set everything on e/s” box, it assumes all skill points earned from leveling will be added back into energy or stamina. 100 levels will keep my ratio the same. The RP gain will soon be adjusted as we only get 1 reward point every other level.
If you plan on adding skill points from leveling to attack, defense or health, uncheck the box. As you can see, this will increase my ratio to 2.53.
