[CLAN WAR] Make players accept to join a war

Due to poor performance at war and eventually clans breaking up after it, it would be nice to add some kind of confirmation for each player on the clan to join a war.

A lot of players are inactive and active players who would play end up not being able to play at war.

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Nowadays, the war system goes as following:

1) Leader (or co-leader) starts war
2) Matchmaking
3) Etc etc etc...

I suggest steps between 1) and 2):

1) Leader (or co-leader) starts war

1.1) Players have 30 minutes to join the war team, pressing a "Join" button. After he hits "Join", there's no coming back, he cannot unjoin. The same rules still apply here for ranking the players (so if, let's say, 10 players would go to war, and 11 join, the 11th even though he pressed "Join" he would not join because he is not eligible for war). The 30 minutes can be overridden by either:
1.1.a) if the leader (or co-leader), presses a "Ready" button. Then the system selects the players just as it selects them nowadays;
1.1.b) if all the players who would be normally be selected to join the war presses the "Join" button.
If this measure is overridden, the war system will function as it does today. If it's not, only the top players who pressed "Join" will go to war.

2) Matchmaking
3) Etc etc etc...

Considerations regarding number of players in the war team (keeping in mind the war teams are rounded by 5):

Example 1:
Clan has 14 players.
War team would be 10 players.
Only 9 players join war after 30 minutes.
Clan leader (and co-leaders) receives a notification that the team cannot join war with only 9 players (considering that the rule nowadays is that clans with less than 10 players cannot join war). Clan leader (and co-leaders) are asked to wait more 30 minutes, keeping those players who already chose to join, in the war team (they would not be asked again to join).

Example 2:
Clan has 33 players.
War team would be 30 players.
Only 28 players join war after 30 minutes.
Clan leader (and co-leaders) receives a notification asking to start the war with 25 players or to wait more 30 minutes. If he chooses to start with 25, obviously the last 3 will be kicked off the war team.

I think its a great solution to the clan dissolution problem. And it's just simple to code.

What do you guys think?

Cheers!

EDIT: Isrith gave a much better solution:

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Originally Posted by lsrith

In clan, not all members are in the same time zone.. Therefore, you will need a day for your member to accept or reject the participation, and it will become a 3-day clan war.

However, I also support a opt-out option for members.

Here's my idea:
There should be a button for player to toggle between 'clan war' and 'no clan war'. That member will not be included in the any clan war declared after the player opt out of clan war; that member will be included in any clan war declared after the player opt in to clan war...

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In other words, just a toggle button with the purpose to be "war ready". It is waaaaay simpler to SC to implement.

And what if the leader starts the war at 2am in the morning?

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Originally Posted by factoryman942

And what if the leader starts the war at 2am in the morning?

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The team will join a war the same way it does today. If the leader (or co-leader) does that, I assume he doesn't care about inactive players in his team at war.

This solution is to prevent the leader from having to kick players off the clan just because they won't be not playing that particular war.

It doesn't take off the control of the leader, it just adds an ability to the player confirm if he will be active during war.

In clan, not all members are in the same time zone.. Therefore, you will need a day for your member to accept or reject the participation, and it will become a 3-day clan war.

However, I also support a opt-out option for members.

Here's my idea:
There should be a button for player to toggle between 'clan war' and 'no clan war'. That member will not be included in the any clan war declared after the player opt out of clan war; that member will be included in any clan war declared after the player opt in to clan war...

Great Idea..

Approved

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Originally Posted by lsrith

In clan, not all members are in the same time zone.. Therefore, you will need a day for your member to accept or reject the participation, and it will become a 3-day clan war.

However, I also support a opt-out option for members.

Here's my idea:
There should be a button for player to toggle between 'clan war' and 'no clan war'. That member will not be included in the any clan war declared after the player opt out of clan war; that member will be included in any clan war declared after the player opt in to clan war...

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I think this idea is a better solution, as if it is only 30 minutes, then many people wouldn't be online. After that, if there are too many members, then it will go as is. To the OP, it was nicely thought out.

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Originally Posted by lsrith

In clan, not all members are in the same time zone.. Therefore, you will need a day for your member to accept or reject the participation, and it will become a 3-day clan war.

However, I also support a opt-out option for members.

Here's my idea:
There should be a button for player to toggle between 'clan war' and 'no clan war'. That member will not be included in the any clan war declared after the player opt out of clan war; that member will be included in any clan war declared after the player opt in to clan war...

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I think the button should be for leaders and co leaders. They are able to control who participate into the clan war. They can even do rotation on who doesn't participate when only 45 members out of their 38 members can participate. It would be better that way.

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Originally Posted by lsrith

In clan, not all members are in the same time zone.. Therefore, you will need a day for your member to accept or reject the participation, and it will become a 3-day clan war.

However, I also support a opt-out option for members.

Here's my idea:
There should be a button for player to toggle between 'clan war' and 'no clan war'. That member will not be included in the any clan war declared after the player opt out of clan war; that member will be included in any clan war declared after the player opt in to clan war...

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Great idea! I agree with you! And it is waaaaay simpler to SC to implement. Just a toggle button with the purpose to be "war ready". GREAT!

Rather than have another 24 hours of waiting (24 hours is already too long!) for each clan war, there should be a permanent setting to opt in or opt out of clan wars. Furthermore, I think the leader or a co-leader should be able to not accept any members if they choose. This is how I see it working:

Process:
Members toggle opt in / opt out of clan wars within the clan castle - default option is to opt out.
Members opt in over a period of time.
Once a clan has at least 10 (is that the minimum?) then the leader or a co-leader can start a war.
Leader / co-leader starts a clan war like normal except :

• 1st screen - leader / co-leader is presented with a list of opt in clan mates; the leader / co-leader can de-select any member so they are not part of this clan war (e.g. the leader knows a member is away who hasn't changed their opt in setting). Cannot de-select so many members to leave less than 10.
• 2nd screen - as per current clan war screen of finding a match.

Clan war proceeds as normal.

Any member who changes their opt in / opt out status must wait for the next clan war for this to take effect. Once a clan war is started, any change to their opt status has no effect.

I like Ferg's Idea the best.