Now I know this will most likely get refused without much consideration, as I guess the ranks as they are now have been in the game for long and many would feel nostalgic if they were changed, but still I'm giving it a shot.

Ranks don't make much sense. Made Man is a title of prestige, carried by everyone who is in the family officially. Capo, Boss and Consigliere are positions, jobs. They should be awarded by the boss we work for, not the game. It's completely illogical that a family is led by a Consigliere while his RHM is a Boss, or a Don. It's also illogical that Consigliere is above Boss in the first place.

So my suggestion is this. Imagine if there were three types of ranks, each having more subranks. For example, first type is Associate, the type you start with. Its subranks could be going from Civilian to Wise Guy. Then, when you get your button, you become a Made Man. You stay a Made Man until you get your own family, at which point you reach Boss type of rank. That rank could have three subranks; Boss, Don and Godfather.

As I mentioned earlier, I don't expect this suggestion to be taken positively, as many players wouldn't like ranks to change because of nostalgia. But nostalgia aside, tell me what do you think about the idea.

It's kinda hardcoded into the game... and the nostalgia factor would play a big part in it for me...  Capo Boss Consig all help display ranks within a crew... etc... We can RP out the other stuff like underboss etc within a city. So I don't think a change like this is needed.

Actually many players suggest changes in rank Padrino. In fact there is a similar type of discussion that can be found here...

http://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/317146#37117528

I think the discussion just kind of took a wrong turn because everyone began focusing on the one aspect that was mentioned about hands. I don't see anything changing for the moment on the hand position, but I don't think everyone is against some sort of restructuring of the ranking system.

I'm still sitting here waiting for the Ranks and Levels feature to be completed, 11 months after it's initial announcment and the introduction of levels.

I think that would help a lot with what you are talking about Padrino. However, I agree with Cassi that the other positions can be RP'd.

"You stay a Made Man until you get your own family, at which point you reach Boss type of rank. That rank could have three subranks; Boss, Don and Godfather."

Problem with this is, what if you never get your own family, are we destined for a life of a button man. This then creates problems, more so with game features such as, oc's, with a higher rank they become a much better source of income, with a higher rank we get more units, and so on and so on.

Now in a RL mafia world your idea works, that's how it is, I just don't see how it can be fitted into here without a massive game overhaul, in terms of features that come with gaining a higher rank.

Maybe the higher crimes could come with units. Like, you get to 30 units and unlock oc's at Capo level. However, still to do them you'd need to earn your button and fulfill the requirements for a Capo (14 days).