Friendly Wars: add this, and they'll be amazing.

Hi guys, please let me know if this is a good/bad idea and why.

What if we were able to make the friendly war a little more interesting? It`s great to win, but the fact that there is no reward other than bragging rights makes it less attractive than common war. At least this is true for me.

What if clan-mates could pool resources into a purse, which would then be offered as a wager to the opposing clan. Winner of the FW takes all. This could be an added option, and the amount wagered could vary in accordance to the challenging clan leader and his clan`s level.

The way I see it, this would be harmless to the economy (since no new loot is being generated), while still infusing friendly wars with their own distinct flare.

So?

Nope. Too easily exploited. A clan can make a bunch of second accounts and put them into a new second clan. The second clan's accounts simply accumulate loot via the pumps, bet it all in a friendly war with the main clan, then lose.

Trading resources between players is a ruled out idea, and your idea is simply an indirect form of it.

Hmm... seems like a whole lot of trouble to go through to trade resources between accounts... you'd have to have at least 5 main and 5 secondary accounts in need of a resource transfer. You'd also take two hours to trade a small amount of loot between accounts (prep and battle wait). Plus, I feel that there are ways to discourage exploitation, like increasing prep and battle day on wagered friendly wars, and decreasing loot wager cap when there is a weight discrepancy between players on both sides...

Is exploitation your only concern? Or is it just a bad idea? :(

I've seen multiple discussions on this, which showed a lot of downsides on this. Like the one JohnyPC described, but then more elaborated.
That's why it wouldn't work. The idea itself sounds lovely, but all the things around it that you have to change before this becomes reasonable, I don't see it happen.

No matter how small loot is, exploitation is exploitation. It surely would be misused for resources transfer.