Clan members set to "away"
Hello CoCer's!
I have come to the forums today to present an idea which is currently crippling our clan. Since the clan wars feature was added, the dynamics of the game has completely changed. No longer are we a collective of friends, some of which more casual than others. We are now being forced to step things up and become a more serious clan, which is fine, to a point.
The problem we are currently faced with is that even just 2 or 3 members not contributing to 'every single' war is hindering our overall performance, its almost like gifting the other clan a win. I gather this is a problem faced by a large percentage of clans, whom may also be less of a 'hardcore gaming' clan, and more casual.
What we are currently debating as a clan, is whether to pair off the more hardcore players in to a separate clan, whilst leaving the less active players in a more suitable environment. Honestly, this is something which has been forced upon us as a clan and also the wider community. It's something which none of us really want to come to pass. However, the fact remains that losing a war is no fun for anyone, particularly for this reason.
Why don't we boot inactive's you ask? Well, we do. But the problem is; we are faced with the notion of either forcing each and every member to adhere to a strict war schedule, or face the boot. Also we are faced with temporarily booting people when they are away, on holiday and such like.
What I would like to suggest is an "away function", to allow leaders to deactivate certain members from war. I gather that this is going to be a controversial topic as it raises questions of abuse. I guess this could be mitigated by limiting the number of players per clan to be set to "away" perhaps 10-20% seems like a fair number to me.
In my mind, this will allow us as a clan to stay as 1 unit, rather than separating into 2 clans. It also allows CoC to remain a casual game for some whist being more hardcore for others, without the need to separate.
It seems to me that Supercell do actually care about their community (unlike other mobile gaming device companies), so I trust that this idea will be considered fairly (if not already?) by them, and implemented if required.
I can't believe that we are the only clan who this won't benefit so I'll look forward to hearing points raised by other players!
I'll set a poll, obviously its a yes it you are 'for' this idea and a no if you are against.
Thanks for reading!
