Will restarting a mission affect my rank?

Like the title says I'm wondering if I get a clean slate if I restart a mission.

Here's a scenario: I've been trying a mission over and over from checkpoint, triggering alarms and whatnot. This will obviously affect my rank since it will deduct a lot of points.

I don't want this (who would?). Now, once again for the question: Will I get a complete do-over if I restart the mission? Granting me the ability to get that long awaited S-rank instead of that lousy D-rank?

Solution 1:

Yes, it will. The "restart mission" is exactly what it implies, even though it might not be so obvious at first (it sure as hell was not for me).

Originally I personally thought that restarting the mission was intended for re-watching cinematics and starting over, with your current actions still intact.

Personally this makes me love the game even more since now I can start over if I feel that my performance was lacking and knew I could do better.

TL;DR : Yes! Don't settle for that E-rank when you can get an S-rank!