War Opt out...

Surely something like the title suggests would not be hard to add.

This is not about clans, this is about individual players.

Surely developers can give each player in a clan the chance to opt out of wars...

Say a player would like to have the chance to war and not war.

Before any war is announced, a player may be able to go to their profile and click on a check box that gives them the option to opt out of war.

When a player has elected not to war with the clan, their base is not part of the war map. In other words the player will not be able to be attacked or attack during a war event.

Also by opting out of the war, the player will not be able to donate to any war base.

I suggest this because the clan I am with is in constant war. I like the feature, don't get me wrong. But I also have work and family life. I am not able to always be on my device to play the game. Sometimes when traveling for work, i have absolutely no time to even check in on the game. So it is pointless for me to have a base that is sitting there being attacked and my attacks go wasted because I am unable to attack.

Already twice since the war feature has been on the game, I have not been able to attack due to work or family time. In the process, one of the wars we lost by a 4 star margin. Had I been able to get online and attack maybe I would have got enough stars to win. However, my base was hit for 2 stars.

If I was able to opt out, my base would not have been hit giving the opponent 2 stars. And looking at the war log, both clans could have benefited from an opt out option for this game.

On the flip side, when I am able to war, I could go back to my profile and un-check the box to make myself eligible for war.

Anyway, just an idea.

It's something we're considering for future updates, but no word on that yet. I wouldn't assume anything is "simple" or "easy" to implement. There are a lot of factors that go into every change to the game.

Thanks,

Steve

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Originally Posted by SuperSteve[Supercell]

It's something we're considering for future updates, but no word on that yet. I wouldn't assume anything is "simple" or "easy" to implement. There are a lot of factors that go into every change to the game.

Thanks,

Steve

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Im a programmer, it is not that hard to do. Well, as long as they know what they are doing anyway.

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Originally Posted by TimTheGreat75

Im a programmer, it is not that hard to do. Well, as long as they know what they are doing anyway.

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LOLs
Without knowing what the existing code looks like how can you possibly know how hard something would be to add?
If you're a programmer you'll know that there's more than just coding it.

I was typing a similar suggestion at the same time. Except I think a better option would be an Opt In to War. That way by default, non active members aren't automatically included in the next War.

i was thinking both:cool:;):cool:

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Originally Posted by TimTheGreat75

Im a programmer, it is not that hard to do. Well, as long as they know what they are doing anyway.

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It may be an easy thing to programme in, but you cant program more that a word document, Steve isn't talking about changing the code he is talking about the changes to gameplay and the gamers.

Also I don't think opting out should be included, if you don't want to participate, then drop to the bottom of your players list.

Its two dam raids in a two days period, if its to much then your clearly not active enough.

and can you imagine te complaints, I forgot to unstick my box "blah blah"

chnage clan, or drop trophies, of the clan complains clearly your in the wrong clan.

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Originally Posted by Gulyas1

It may be an easy thing to programme in, but you cant program more that a word document, Steve isn't talking about changing the code he is talking about the changes to gameplay and the gamers.

Also I don't think opting out should be included, if you don't want to participate, then drop to the bottom of your players list.

Its two dam raids in a two days period, if its to much then your clearly not active enough.

and can you imagine te complaints, I forgot to unstick my box "blah blah"

chnage clan, or drop trophies, of the clan complains clearly your in the wrong clan.

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i have heard this drop to the bottom of the table bright idea before but it makes no sense at all in the real world. I am second in the list of 35, as if i can bounce down to the bottom and bounce back when I want to just isn't practical and bouncing to the bottom doesn't even guarantee me missing the war, especially if our clan has a multiple of 5. It's just not feasible so people, please stop suggesting this as a real option.

Opting in/out should not be on a war by war basis either, you should be able to set it that you are in, and you stay in for all wars until you flag it that you are out, then you are out for all wars until you flag it in again. We are now only warring once a week with one leader ( no coleaders) so you may as well save some code space and delete coleader functionality as we can't use them, but they would be useful again if people could manage their own availability to go to war.

steve, i beg you, please restore the balance to people's lives and add this opting for war at the individual level into the game at your earliest possible chance. Bells and whistles are nice, but this is core to people's lives and clans survival.

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Originally Posted by Magpieatticus

i have heard this drop to the bottom of the table bright idea before but it makes no sense at all in the real world. I am second in the list of 35, as if i can bounce down to the bottom and bounce back when I want to just isn't practical and bouncing to the bottom doesn't even guarantee me missing the war, especially if our clan has a multiple of 5. It's just not feasible so people, please stop suggesting this as a real option.

Opting in/out should not be on a war by war basis either, you should be able to set it that you are in, and you stay in for all wars until you flag it that you are out, then you are out for all wars until you flag it in again. We are now only warring once a week with one leader ( no coleaders) so you may as well save some code space and delete coleader functionality as we can't use them, but they would be useful again if people could manage their own availability to go to war.

steve, i beg you, please restore the balance to people's lives and add this opting for war at the individual level into the game at your earliest possible chance. Bells and whistles are nice, but this is core to people's lives and clans survival.

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We capped our clan at 49, bottom 4 don't participate, or drop out the clan during matchmaking. As I said, 2 raids bro, can't do that, what is your level of comitment & contribution to your clan?

having opting out as an option, will then ignite tons of threads an "issues" to many players opting out.

Clearly your leadership team doesn't have any communication than in game, if you don't trust them why promote them, or actaully use the leadership heirchy to your advantage, its clear it doesn't work for you but it works for other clans, as with simple clan war opting outs, with out having to change the game.

This has nothing to do directly with being active enough to get your 2 attacks in.. What this has to do with is tearing clan dynamics apart. This has created "forced play" amongst members and is really sucking the fun out of the original game. Say for example someone is going on a cruise for a week.. They now become a downer for the clan and people become angry.. This goes on and on with work travel etc.. Let people come to the game because they are addicted and want to.. Forcing someone to feel they HAVE to check in to not let their clan down is creating a level of pressure that has even some of our long time big spenders deciding to take a break out of the game until an "opt in" toggle is added to the players overall profile.
This has made my personal clan begin to cause issues.. I have decided at the minimal benefit of small loot bonus, and simply adding a number to the ticker of wins.. The added fun of wars has been diminished by the hassle and havoc it causes to the entire original game that was made famous. We may have wars here and there.. But for the most part, we are cutting back involvement in this new feature until the opt in is added. And you should thank me for that, because I'm keeping players interested instead of frustrated in your game supercell.