Well, another fun clan ripped apart for lack of opt-in...

Title says it all really. We are (were) an adult clan with adult lives, keep our roster below 30 and usually end up with 20v20 wars which IMO are a lot more fun and better organized than the 50v50 disasters. Just lost a war because two of our members had to leave town at the last minute, we are spread across quite a few time zones so communication isn't easy.

People shouldn't have to leave a clan or be kicked because we are going to War. We can't know who to kick because some people may be sleeping when we ask if they are around.

Where is the opt-in feature already? I have seen four clans full of good buddies torn apart now because of this ♥♥♥♥. There is NO downside to this. Sister/feeder clans are not a solution, nor is repeated kicking. We just want to keep our nice, tight little group together and when we go to War we want to have every member who can participate be there, and the ones that can't be able to bow out temporarily. Our players aren't 15 year old kids, we have jobs and families and this one single feature is killing the clan system.

Come on already SuperCell, I don't want to hear Orwellian doublespeak about "this isn't our current focus", it is about ten minutes of programming to make it so the War badge on clan page can be toggled on/off. Enough is enough, the only real reason to play this game for a LOT of us is the social aspect within our clans, and that is being hurt very badly by this problem.

For awhile sc has guided us to push rather then farm.
From what I'm gathering we are being guided into wars...
1) no opt out option
2) the economy is bad. Economy for wars is good.
3) lava hound/loonions is a ♥♥♥♥♥er option then gowipe for 2 staring uppers during war.

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Originally Posted by Flytrap

For awhile sc has guided us to push rather then farm.
From what I'm gathering we are being guided into wars...
1) no opt out option
2) the economy is bad. Economy for wars is good.
3) lava hound/loonions is a ♥♥♥♥♥er option then gowipe for 2 staring uppers during war.

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From my perspective their actions are having the opposite effect.....and for most the "economy for war" has been non existent. Minimal gold return for the effort and mostly a net loss on lixir and dark lixir.

Come on now. SC just can't make these forums happy no matter what they do. Making walls upgradeable with elixir was probably regarded as having no downsides until it was officially announced too. I don't know, "OMG nobodys going to war anymore" and "OMG all members should be a part this is supposed to be a 'clan' war" might be the complaints? Mark my words, there'll be something to hate about it.

The solution to this is to get everyone in your clan to use an app such as glass board or group me. It is completely annoymous comunication, all the people know is your username.

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Originally Posted by kaibosh

Title says it all really. We are (were) an adult clan with adult lives, keep our roster below 30 and usually end up with 20v20 wars which IMO are a lot more fun and better organized than the 50v50 disasters. Just lost a war because two of our members had to leave town at the last minute, we are spread across quite a few time zones so communication isn't easy.

People shouldn't have to leave a clan or be kicked because we are going to War. We can't know who to kick because some people may be sleeping when we ask if they are around.

Where is the opt-in feature already? I have seen four clans full of good buddies torn apart now because of this ♥♥♥♥. There is NO downside to this. Sister/feeder clans are not a solution, nor is repeated kicking. We just want to keep our nice, tight little group together and when we go to War we want to have every member who can participate be there, and the ones that can't be able to bow out temporarily. Our players aren't 15 year old kids, we have jobs and families and this one single feature is killing the clan system.

Come on already SuperCell, I don't want to hear Orwellian doublespeak about "this isn't our current focus", it is about ten minutes of programming to make it so the War badge on clan page can be toggled on/off. Enough is enough, the only real reason to play this game for a LOT of us is the social aspect within our clans, and that is being hurt very badly by this problem.

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I totally agree with you and wish they would implement that alreday!!

How does leaving town prevent them from attacking in a clan war? They can't do at least one attack in a 24 hour span ?

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Originally Posted by Underrated1

Come on now. SC just can't make these forums happy no matter what they do. Making walls upgradeable with elixir was probably regarded as having no downsides until it was officially announced too. I don't know, "OMG nobodys going to war anymore" and "OMG all members should be a part this is supposed to be a 'clan' war" might be the complaints? Mark my words, there'll be something to hate about it.

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You have to remember, the forums isn't just one person. You can't make everyone happy with the same thing. One person likes it usually means one person won't like it. You can't get mad just because one person says they want something and another on the forums says they don't.

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Originally Posted by ShowtimeExtreme

How does leaving town prevent them from attacking in a clan war? They can't do at least one attack in a 24 hour span ?

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I didn't really understand that either. The people that need an "Opt-Out Option" really don't put much effort into attacking. All you have to do is right before they start the war leave, wait 20 minutes and re-join. It is pretty simple. The other week, my queen and spell factory were upgrading, I left the clan, and join a lower level in our family of clans for a day, and rejoined the main clan the next day. It really isn't that hard...

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Originally Posted by Blazenar

You have to remember, the forums isn't just one person. You can't make everyone happy with the same thing. One person likes it usually means one person won't like it. You can't get mad just because one person says they want something and another on the forums says they don't.

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My point is it's unreasonable to expect SC to implement opt-out ASAP despite how easy the implementation may be. They have to carefully weigh how useful it is to the game. The forums' opinion probably means little since this community has a bad habit of demanding something then getting in SC's face when they get it.