New clan mail system (to increase space)

Clan mail often doesn't have enough space to make the entire point the sender wishes to convey, but if the mails are given too much space they could fill up the inbox. As such, I would suggest that the inbox be set up like that of email. Each mail could have a subject, which the player would tap to access the mail, which would have a huge amount of space. Since the subject lines would take up very little space, the inbox could also hold more mails, and it would open up the ability to delete clan mails.

I actually already suggested this in another thread, but that thread was primarily about cooldown reduction, so this suggestion got lost in agreement and disagreement about the cooldown.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hawkeye5366

Clan mail often doesn't have enough space to make the entire point the sender wishes to convey, but if the mails are given too much space they could fill up the inbox. As such, I would suggest that the inbox be set up like that of email. Each mail could have a subject, which the player would tap to access the mail, which would have a huge amount of space. Since the subject lines would take up very little space, the inbox could also hold more mails, and it would open up the ability to delete clan mails.

I actually already suggested this in another thread, but that thread was primarily about cooldown reduction, so this suggestion got lost in agreement and disagreement about the cooldown.

---

Good idea, perhaps make something required to be read. If the inbox is visited and exited and that person doesn't read it they get kicked out of the clan by system. It's really annoying to know clanmates aren't reading my mail.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by BlahBlah161616

Good idea, perhaps make something required to be read. If the inbox is visited and exited and that person doesn't read it they get kicked out of the clan by system. It's really annoying to know clanmates aren't reading my mail.

---

That would be very helpful. It would be a little unfair to kick them after doing it once though; it could maybe auto-demote or kick after three to five inbox checks without reading important mail.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by BlahBlah161616

Good idea, perhaps make something required to be read. If the inbox is visited and exited and that person doesn't read it they get kicked out of the clan by system. It's really annoying to know clanmates aren't reading my mail.

---

Yes, its annoying. If they ask a question that was covered in the clan mail then tell them to seek their answer in the mail that you now know they never read. You can do this without being too harsh and it does get the point across.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hawkeye5366

That would be very helpful. It would be a little unfair to kick them after doing it once though; it could maybe auto-demote or kick after three to five inbox checks without reading important mail.

---

I don't think an auto kick would be good. Not all leaders want to take that step. The leader if he feels that way can always do the kick himself if he keeps catching a guy not reading. (You can always tell when they haven't)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by rwelshjr

Yes, its annoying. If they ask a question that was covered in the clan mail then tell them to seek their answer in the mail that you now know they never read. You can do this without being too harsh and it does get the point across.

---

Hmmm...I run my clan by being a little harsh...I send mail, start most wars, be active in chat, help out a lot with war, edit the description, and moniter my Coleaders...a good portion of the jobs are covered by my coleaders. Elders in my clan are more a rank for trusted players...ultimately, normal members, but more valued. I can never be sure if my members check the mail. It's not something that's discussed often in my clan.

Autokick is fairly harsh, but I think some type of warning should be given, such as a pop-up message whenever a new mail is sent.

The mail should automatically pop up into your face whenever it is sent.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mmf01

Autokick is fairly harsh, but I think some type of warning should be given, such as a pop-up message whenever a new mail is sent.

The mail should automatically pop up into your face whenever it is sent.

---

Yes a warning should pop up, but I don't enjoy people not reading it the way it is.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mmf01

Autokick is fairly harsh, but I think some type of warning should be given, such as a pop-up message whenever a new mail is sent.

The mail should automatically pop up into your face whenever it is sent.

---

Good point and idea. The sender of mail could perhaps rank the importance of the mail and it would show this ranking to players when they enter the game.

However, while this discussion of how to deal with people who don't read mail is interesting and should be addressed, it's off-topic from my original point on redoing the inbox like email to increase mail space. Do you (ie the people who have commented and others reading this) like or dislike that original idea? Do you have any suggestions to change it?

I think that increasing the space like this would be a great way to increase clan mail size. However, to discourage just opening and closing inbox, i think that the notification showing new mail should only be disabled when the player opens the actual email.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by EmeraldRange

I think that increasing the space like this would be a great way to increase clan mail size. However, to discourage just opening and closing inbox, i think that the notification showing new mail should only be disabled when the player opens the actual email.

---

That would make the most sense. Additionally, if the person piles up multiple unopened mails, they could receive an alert every time they enter the game saying how many unread mails are in their inbox.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Sorry, I know bumps are against the rules, but I really like this idea and have gotten positive replies so far, so I want to keep it active.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hawkeye5366

Sorry, I know bumps are against the rules, but I really like this idea and have gotten positive replies so far, so I want to keep it active.

---

Same thing. Please post on this thread if you like the idea.

Hello everyone,

I definitely would like to see improved text editing in most areas of the Clash of Clans application including the clan mail.

Possibly, Supercell has some reason (which I don't understand) for not permitting pasting into the text box; allowing the user to do so would improve the time out nuisance; I could type up my message in a separate notepad app (staying aware of length limatations) & paste it into the clan mail text box when I think it is ready to post.

The editor as it stands right now will not allow selecting, cutting or pasting in the clan mail text box & not in the clan chat or global chat, & also not in the clan profile editor, either. On top of that, if I spot an error 5 words back or I want to change how I wrote something, I have to backspace/erase all that text which did not need erasing just to change something. If there is a legitimate reason, someone please enlighten me. I would not really consider a reason like, "It would take too much system resources." A legitimate reason because there are numerous applications which do just fine with full text editing & still provide great functionality in the rest of the application.

I can understand the necessity to timeout the app, but it seems much shorter when I am trying to send clan mail & unlike the clan profile editor, you cannot save & post again later.

Allowing more & longer messages, especially from the clan leader, would be a great improvement; I can also understand the possibility of abuse of an unlimited quantity of clan mail, and the length has to have reasonable limitations as well.

It might also help if the clan leader could see who read the clan mail, but on the other side, the leader could communicate better with his clan warriors to determine who is paying attention & who isn't; kind of a toss up on this last point.

Well, thank you for your interest, Brerdawg
Escanaba, Leader of Vi TurboGrando
DuelingEnigma, Co-leader of Vi Tempestatis

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hawkeye5366

Same thing. Please post on this thread if you like the idea.

---