Tips and Tricks concerning Mafia Wars.06

Hi all! Since the moment I started playing Mafia Wars there was a 'constant battle' between players on the subject: what is better, raising total stats or personal skills and which is the equation between total stats and personal ones?

There is no de facto answer to these two questions but a few things may be considered as facts. First, every few months most loot items become obsolete; one year ago we were looking for Bangkok HEL and now we are searching for items double as powerful as those. Second, skill points are never lost; the most you get the better your account becomes.

So, you may consider this post as a quick reminder of where to get skill points.

1. We get 5 skill points every time we level up.
2. Also, when we level up we get a bonus promotion: 1-3 attack points, 1-3 defense points amongst others. This bonus may be shared with 3 of our friends, which means that we may get more skill points from our team mates (if they share it with us).
3. We get quite a few skill points by crafting items in 5 NY buildings and the port in Italy.
4. 1 skill point is offered to us daily through the Mafia Wars Facebook fanpage.
5. We get 1 skill point by opening Blue Mystery Bags (we may also get a stamina boost, a wishlist item, 1 free RP, 1 lotto ticket, etc.).
6. We get 1 attack point and/or 1 defense point by opening Red Mystery Bags (we may also get an energy boost, etc.).
7. We may get 1 attack point and 1 defense point by opening a secret drop.
8. We may get 1 defense point through mystery bonus; a mystery bonus may be found and sent as free gift when completing an operation.
9. Additional skill points may be found through the daily take (1 energy, 1 stamina, 1 attack, 1 defense or 3 health points); apart from our daily take, we can accept 5 more from our team mates.
10. Skill points are also sold in the marketplace or offered through marketplace items.

From time to time new free gifts may offer skill points, like the gold mystery bag.
Update: it is as if I was in Zynga's mind. Gold mystery bags just appeared once more. Apart from the cannister rifles (a weapon with decent stats) we may receive by opening gold mystery bags: 5 energy points and 5 attack points.

That's all for now. I know that I haven't answered to any of the questions in the beginning of this message but this was not the purpose of this post.