This isn't a problem really but I find the ranks above Made Man a little weird. They are Capo, Boss, Consig and Don, but those ranks are more jobs and assignments than titles so I find it a little strange to lead a family while you're ranked Consigliere, and have a member of your family who's ranked Boss (example).

So how about this: while you're just a mobster, the ranks go from Civilian to Made Man. Once you get your own HQ, you become Boss, then rank up to Don and eventually Godfather. I doubt this idea will get much consideration but what do you guys think about this?

This post does raise a valid point about ranks not reflecting their actual title. With the implementation of levels I believe ranks can be bought inline with their actual roles.

Levels could be used as a gauge for boost rather than rank being the gauge for certain boost; this would obviously require a re-working of the maths, I don't think many people would be totally opposed to that. By adjusting rank boost to be associated with level rather than rank, the rank could then be tied to their role. As we have witnessed one city is now one family, it doesn't represent real life but that is nevertheless the case. The head of the city may then be able to set people to capo if they are actually captains in the city or don and so on.

I think we've changed so much about MR that sooner or later it won't look like the MR everyone used to know and love when they first started playing in '06. In all honesty I feel we need to hold on to something to keep the game to its original, I don't even like the levels showing if you are ready for certain ranks, it used to be more fun when the promotion your leader gave you came as a surprise... but all so called surprise factors within the game have gone now, you know when you are ready, and you know when you are being held back, ranking is also a whole lot easier now that you can start your own jails with credits, which has taken a lot away from the interaction it took to start one in the old days where your leader had to jail himself to get it going and whole families were involved to make it a proper jailbreak party.

The ranks might not make sense, or look weird, to some.. but to be fair, this is a role-playing game. Some of these things can be role-played out in the families, be it in their structures or how people decide to run their families and cities, the players have that choice, whether they choose to do it proper or not is really up to them, far as visible positions go in the families we only ever needed a Leader and RHM to make things work, we now have LHM as well along with a lot more tools to those positions, I don't think we need to change more in that aspect.. let the players role-play what to do with the ranks and positions they are given.

Well I'm pretty new here so I can't feel nostalgia, but I understand you.

We all know that in reality, Mafia Dons only assign one consigliere and one Underboss ( Boss for MR, they should rename this ) 

it would be great if the ranks are a bit more "realistic" . 

its quite funny that there are lots of Consiglieres in one family, Imagine the comission meetings, lots of Consiglieres sitting behind the Don lol.

And also by the articles I've read about the Mafia Ranks, there should only be one "Underboss/Boss" in a Family. 

Caporegimes and below could be more than one :) 

Examples : http://the-mafia.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/7/3/1073730/6824698.jpg

       http://cdn.instructables.com/F0U/ZIFV/FHEJ137A/F0UZIFVFHEJ137A.LARGE.jpg

My purpose is for "Realism" :)

Consigliere is not really an official Mafia rank as much as simply an advisor to the boss. And it is not uncommon for bosses to have more than one Consigliere.

Underboss then.

And the Soldier/Soldato Rank.

This suggestions has already been raised and dismissed several times over.

I wouldn't mind seeing something like this voted on. I personally like the current ranking system but that is more based on my own nostalgia rather than anything else.

I know it isn't really the point of this thread, but in the past I have suggested the use of an image, such as in Lino's second example, to be used on the crew page. Think it would look extremely cool with profile pictures in place rather than the grey images.