I mentioned it in another thread, but I really, really want to keep my sicarios and level them up throughout. I feel like loyalty is a big part of this game and I don't want to replace them with money if they have been doing successful jobs for me. Please, please make it so that we can choose to upgrade successful sicarios even if it takes longer. I want to be able to give them better gear once they have done so many good jobs for me. I don't want a cap on them that cannot be changed. It just feels wrong to switch them out once we have invested so much time in them. 

to be able to level the item rank on sicarios is what i feel we need. especially as some of us spent millions gearing out our first teams to then have item ranks added. meaning there are likely many sicarios geared with items beyond their rank and new "better" sicarios can't be equipped with the same level gear meaning they wind up with worse stats over all than those first few that got geared up.

I don't mind spending the millions so much on someone I am going to keep. I can't bear to do it for someone I would be forced to drop through a game mechanic. I am still refreshing La Paz for my wee sicarios in the hope that the game will change its mind on forcing me to upgrade them. I really don't want to be forced on this :D

As above. I've not succeeded many expeditions and those I do, returns have been minimal in comparison to what I've put in. Feel like there should be an ability to build up towsrds the harder ones whilst being able to retain those you have.

I feel like I wanna raise my sicarios like pokemon or something at this rate :D Raising their levels is sort of fun. Takes a lot of the waiting for energy bars out of the game.

i agree spending millions on something you get to keep would be great. my complaint on the spending simply comes from having had multiple rank 3 sicarios geared with what became rank 6 items. so i've been stuck waiting to unlock rank 6's so i can spend the same again to gear them up, simply cuz rank 4's and 5's with rank 4/5 gear arent as good as a rank 3 with rank 6 gear that swiftly became "too good" for it.

Still really hoping for an answer on this one <3

Personally I think sicario levelling is fine as it is currently. I unlocked a new region recently, but all my sicarios had stats better than the stats of the sicarios in the new region - so if I chose to replace them up rather than keeping them, I'd be lowering my teams' stats at least in the short run.

And not to mention if you gave your sicarios weapons, that's even more incentive to choose to not replace them with higher level ones. The motivation is there both ways currently, and I think it's pretty well balanced.

Regardless, you're going to have to upgrade your sicarios eventually when you choose to move on to attempting the next region.

other than when my first team had gear equipped beyond their rank i havent had higher rank sicarios available for purchase worse than any ive already got. not unless comparing unequipped stats with slightly levelled up and equipped stats. 

100% with you on your last point. no matter what sicarios have to be replaced eventually whether we want to spend the money or not :D

I'd like this as a mechanic as well.

Maybe this could be offered as a 'prestige' type mechanic once hitting level 10?

Pay to send them through a combat course in the University over a week or some such, at the same cost of a sicario at the rank they would be growing to?

The cost to re-gear them is the same regardless of whether you're upgrading their gear or buying fresh gear, since you can't reclaim equipped stuff. Even if you're fine buying new people for each region, why not offer the option for those who value loyalty?