Clan Ranking/Rewards

I enjoy this game immensely. I've been playing for about 6 months now, recently achieving TH8, which is a phenomenal level by the way. I just got asked to be co-leader in a great clan, good peeps with great donations and everyone is always willing to help our new members. I have no complaints really with the loot, I've learned to move around in trophy ranges chasing it around... Currently farming the 1400-1600 range. All in all, it's been fun.... But something is sorely missing.

I think the weakest link in the entire Clash of Clans experience is ironically, the Clans part. The solo experience completely dominates this game. Growing from TH to TH, deciding what to upgrade when, attacking and defending, moving from one league to another... it's entirely a single player experience where,during the downtime, you can chat with clan mates and supply each other's castles with quality troops. Sure, as a clan you can push for trophies and watch as you rise from X,000th place to Y,000th place.... But unless you happen to be in the extremely small percentage in the top 100 or so clans, there is little fanfare outside of seeing your number change.

I've seen the hype around the Clan Wars ideas, and that's fine and all that... But I think there is a more simple solution to encouraging clans to come together and work as a team, set goals and be rewarded as a group and it's something already up and running in the game, it would just need to be included into the clan side as well and that is.... wait for it....... leagues.

Yes, Clan Leagues. Exactly how trophy leagues work in the solo player side, apply that to the trophy count of the clan as well, with obviously much higher ranges to accommodate 50 player totals.

I would take exactly the league ranges that are in existence for solo play, multiply it by 50... There's your Bronze, Silver, Gold or whatever ranges. I'd even apply a loot bonus identical or similar to the current ones.

Now the game becomes not only what can you accomplish individually, but as a team as well. You need to grow your clan to include more members for better loot bonuses, the clan gains prestige with higher leagues, and in order to gain those things, the members must work together to push for trophies, recruit new members and encourage/manage the existing ones.

Our clan will never be in the Top 3 and earn those gems... I lose no sleep over that. But, it would be fantastic if there was something in this game that reinforced the Clan part of the game, and encourage us to work together to accomplish goals.

My apologies if this idea has been posted before... I looked and didn't see it.

Thoughts anyone?