This post will mention everything that you need to know about the Respect system for The Godfather: Five Families. I will show you all the ways of earning respect as well point you to the light for which way is the best: In addition, check out my other The Godfather: Five Families guides for useful tips.

Ways to Gain TGFF Respect

You can gain respect in the following 6 methods:
Leveling and building neighborhood buildings
Stationing units at the Estate
Stationing units at the Citycapes under your control
Leveling up buildings in the Estate
Leveling up the research at the Library
Kill other player units in PvP Battles

Respect Gained in Neighborhood buildings

The respect points is gained as you build out your neighborhood with various buildings. However, these form of earning respect is capped when you have fully built out your Neighborhood at the highest level building possible. As long as your build stands, you will have the respect points, if you tear those buildings down, you will lose the respect points earned by having those buildings.

Stationing Units at the Estate

You will earn respect based on the value of each unit. Typically the higher cost aka heavier hitting units will give you more respect when you station them at the Estate.

Stationing Units at the Citycapes

You will earn respect with you station your The Godfather: Five Family units at occupied Cityscapes under your control similar to Estate. However, higher level Cityscapes act as a hidden multiplier that will boost the respect points that you earn per unit. Meaning that you can earn more respect to station units at high level Cityscape compared to stationing them at your Estate. However, it should also be noted that these respect are both temporary whenever you withdraw the units, and it is capped by how many units that you can send out per battle.

Leveling up buildings in the Estate

Buildings in your Estate will also contribute to your Respect value. The higher the buildings, the higher the respect points that they are available to you. However, this The Godfather: Five Families respect is capped by how much you can level up your Estate buildings.

Leveling up the research at the Library

Respect is earned based on the levels of research that you have. The higher research that you have, the more respect that you will earn. However note that the amount of respect is capped by how much research levels that you can do. The research levels are all capped at level 10 and therefore this limitation also cap your the Godfather: Five Families respect points.

Kill other player units in PvP Battles

This way of earning respect is based on how many enemy units that you kill in PvP battles. The basic idea is that the more you kill, the more respect that you obtain. You will earn respect when you attack or defend against attacks. As long as that you kill enemy units, you will earn respect. Generally speaking, the higher level of the unit, the more the Godfather: Five Families respect that you earn.

Best Ways to Gain Respect

After learning about all the ways for you to earn respect in game, here is an analysis of which ways are the best. The best way to earn and keep the Godfather: Five Families respect is by killing enemy units. You will earn these respect permanently and there is no limit on how much you can earn.

The second way is a mix between Cityscape stationing and Estate stationing. You want to station as many units as possible at a high level Cityscape to gain the maximum multiplier possible. However, once you have reached that limit, station as many units inside your own Estate because there is no upper limit on how many units that you can stash away.

You do not have to pay attention to the other methods because the other methods should be built up to the limit as you play through the game. You should only really focus on the PvP battles if you want to earn the most respect fast under the shortest amount of time.