Well sorry for the bluntness of the title but I knew that would be the only way to get you into the thread. Ok let me begin with saying yes I want to get rid of Godfathers or Godmothers, wait hold on hold on before everyone goes to target me I have a replacement which actually reflects real life; Boss Of All Bosses.

I can hear the murmurs amongst the crowd

Why do we need to change the Godfather rank? Are You not just changing the name of the rank of Godfather? How would it change the games dynamics? How are people going to actually rank to this so called Boss of All Bosses rank?

Well let me answer the first question

Why do we need to change the Godfather rank? Are You not just changing the name of the rank of Godfather?

Well basically by getting rid of the Godfather rank and coding in the rank of Boss Of All Bosses would add that realism hint into the game where the Boss Of All Bosses would be able to keep his family, oh I know that causes another problem of this family getting what is of such a "Godfather Family Boost". However, there would be many ways to balance the game to make it a level playing field.

That leads me on to my next point how it would change the dynamics of the game. Well basically these members will be more involved in the day to day running of the whole city and trying to keep their stranglehold of the city, their time will become limited. So for them to actively recruit members and keep tabs on their unmade members they would need official captains or sub-crew leaders, for the break-down on the official role of a Captain you can read this thread . However, the Captain would have such roles as

If such feature was coded said "Captain" would have the power to recruit members, promote members, purchase HQs (while they are "Captains" the CL would still have some control over HQs or at least the ability to visit it). This would also have the potential to increase the Role Playability. As for the "Captains" to go out and say promote a member the "Captain" would have to get it okayed by the CL such as other things like HQ wacks.

But it would insulate the higher echelon from day to day running of the family which could get them arrested for running A Criminal Enterprise. For such crimes as being found to run criminal enterprises they could get slightly longer prison sentences depending on whether your just a regular CL or Boss Of Bosses and how much evidence they have the sentence varies.

The final question on

How are people going to actually rank to this so called Boss of All Bosses rank?

Well to rank up to Boss of All Bosses, in theory of realism it should not be rank dependent as members under Made cannot run their own family, providing you're a Made member of a family it should not actually matter and you run a family. However, just because your made and you're a CL doesn't mean your automatically up for being considered to be Boss of All Bosses. You must be at least a Capo I know it doesn't seem like much. But the work doesn't end there. You're going to have to hold a controlling percentage of the city, if you read this link you will see the full in and outs of how it would work, taking over the city. But basically if there are five families and everyone starts owning 20% of the city if one family owns 40% that would mean one family has been eliminated and the family that owns 40% has the most power and would therefore be the de facto Boss Of All Bosses. However, for The Boss to keep control of his whole family and stay further insulated from the streets he will need to auth captains within his family, if he does not already have captains in his or her family; that is from a RP point of view but then again that's a whole different discussion.

Also the fact that currently the Godfather system is not fully adequate; here is a statement from a prominent GF. ThomasRourke

Godfathers have no powers coded in to differentiate ourselves from other ranks with the exception of city tax... a list of what Godfathers should've been able to do...Godfathers are able to take a percentage of all profits made in their home, (regardless of which family the users belong to) as well as profits from the families in their charge. What is more, should a Family Head wish to promote one of his/her members Made Man and above, a personal message will go to the Godfather and only with their approval will the promotion then be accepted.

To code in these features at the least 3 of them once a CL becomes Boss of All Bosses, as it would be reflective of real life as once a CL in essences control the other bosses because of the power/ strength his or her crew have and percentage of the city they own, families would automatically have to pay tribute to the Boss of All Bosses. As well as when families come over from other cities for drug runs, petties and felonies, they should also automatically be required to pay a tax or tribute to the Boss of the city for making money on their turf. Also when a Family Head wishes to promote one of his members the Boss of the city should be approached, for approval. However, the others are more deba

I understand that this is a lot to code in at one time; I hope this does not come across wrong but correct me if the best things come to those who wait just like the new casinos. However, I would be very grateful for your opinion on this matter.

This idea sounds legit. It would indeed bring a different sort of energy to MR and I think that the change implemented in here would be a good change to the game. Although it does sound like a huge amount of coding.

This should be added to M2...