Yup, I read it may have not worked for some people. Especially in Cuba, it's confirmed that Golden Throne doesn't seem to be working for some.
For me, it's otherwise in NY. I only have a Master Hitman as the only Mastery title and the only job mastery item I have is the Chainsaw Bayonet.
I don't have Street Thug - Enforcer mastered at 3 for any of them. I actually discovered that I got the Bayonet by mistake when I was a newbie, and that was still at Hitman era.
Then when I went to read on MW strategies, I learned that this is what some people did for Boss - skip Capo, Underboss completely; although Consigliere is generally ok-able.
Once you hit the boss, finish that for Golden Throne for the 2x regen, then slide back down and finish the rest that were skipped. In the underboss job, that 1% mastery @lv3 for the Untraceable Cell Phone is insane, since you aren't even guaranteed an UCP each time you do "Rob the electronics store".
I attacked you on Mister Bean earlier, if you were wondering who the heck that was.
It is my test pack rat, where I'm conducting experiments on.
If you're interested in seeing your defense items being used, I can post them for you.
This my current setup, just fresh in level 70:
Defense:
Mafia of 265 fought with 4 AR-15 Assault Rifles, a Bookie's Holdout Pistol, 57 RPG Launchers, 6 Harpoon Guns, a Tire Iron, 140 Chain Guns, 41 .50 Caliber Rifles, 5 Grenade Launchers, 10 Tommy Guns, 59 Bodyguards, 60 Night Vision Goggles, 146 Body Armors, 3 Humvees, 7 Uncle Motts' Cargo Trucks, 5 Porsche 911s, 59 Indy Racers, 48 Armored Cars, 4 Luxury Yachts, 82 Town Cars, a SWAT Van, 24 Prop planes, and 32 Armored Trucks.
Attack:
Mafia of 265 fought in New York with 4 AR-15 Assault Rifles, 45 Napalms, a Bookie's Holdout Pistol, 57 RPG Launchers, 6 Harpoon Guns, a Tire Iron, 110 Chain Guns, 41 .50 Caliber Rifles, 58 Bodyguards, 57 Night Vision Goggles, 150 Body Armors, 3 Humvees, 7 Uncle Motts' Cargo Trucks, 5 Porsche 911s, 24 Harley Davidson "Fat Boy" Motorcycles, 59 Indy Racers, 48 Armored Cars, 82 Town Cars, 4 Luxury Yachts, a SWAT Van, 12 Getaway Cruisers, and 20 Prop planes.
I need to work on getting more vehicles, especially Town Cars. But I just have the bare minimum to turn in for the 1 billion $ achievement. Apparently Zynga's achievement system is broken as of the 4th, so if you're doing the "T" achievement or Nest egg, I should say hold it off for now.. I lost around -$300 million before I learned that Zynga is having problems.
Luckily, I finished all the collections just before this bug came out!