[Suggestion] Disallow Opposing Clan War Players From Joining Your Clan

Hello all, I am currently in a clan with around 20-30 people in it. We take the clan seriously and it is closed, but we do accept nearly anyone in the clan as long as they aren't rushed or really low level.

Here is what happened:
A member of the clan we are up against right now in war (it is still in preparation day), left their clan and requested to join ours. One of our elders, seeing that he was pretty good and not knowing he was from the other clan, let him join. He then scouted our war bases looking for where all the traps are and also scouted what was in our clan castles for defense then left and rejoined his clan.

Now, I don't know if he will be allowed to attack in this war since he left but he now has information about our war bases that he could be sharing with his clan mates. My clan could potentially lose this war now due to this player sabotaging our war efforts.

Obviously, we are at a disadvantage going into the war due to a simple, honest mistake one of my clan mates made. What I want to see implemented into Clash of Clans is disallowing a person to leave their clan and joining the opposing clan during preparation/war day. If that is too difficult to do, then perhaps disallow players from joining a new clan at all for 2 days (enough time for a war to pass) if they quit during preparation/war day. Not only would this discourage players from leaving during war (and screwing the clan out of 2 attacks), it would stop intelligence sabotaging like mentioned above.

What are your thoughts?

I think you didn't make any effort to search for existing threads on this topic.

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Originally Posted by Uthrac

I think you didn't make any effort to search for existing threads on this topic.

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Oh wow, you're right... I usually do. I don't know why it slipped past me this time. Could you possibly link me to a popular post regarding this issue, please?

This one was started 3 hours ago and is on page two:

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...g-another-clan

One time we got matched against a clan we had already gone up against, and had beaten us by something like 30 stars the first time. The second time around, the matchup appeared to be even more lopsided...our #1 would have been something like #4 or 6 on their map, and me being our #10 or 11 would have been about #20. In short, everyone from both clans knew they were going to annihilate us before the war even started...

...so, I did what I thought was best for my clan in this situation, and went to try and treat with the other clan. I asked them to put a couple THs out for easy loot, and we would do the same if they wanted with some or all of our bases if they wanted. They'd get the win, but we'd at least get something out of it (this was before clan perks), since either way it wasn't really going to be a contest, and we didn't want to fight a battle we all knew wasn't even going to be close already. Without being able to join their clan, I wouldn't have been able to discuss this and try to convince them that we were serious about surrendering.


Another time we beat a clan pretty badly, and had a member from the other clan come over to join our clan after he used his battles. We let him in. He was a pretty decent member, and stayed with us for many months. This player certainly could have been lying, and been a spy, looking at our bases and leaving to report back to his clan, but he wasn't and he didn't.

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In any case, most players, even if they do come look at your base, don't have enough skill for that information to really make much difference.

You can also close your clan to new recruits during war. Or you can take a snapshot of the full clan roster, post it somewhere your clan can see, and tell players not to let in anyone on that list.

Or don't accept anyone unless they say where they found your clan or a member acknowledges knowing them or talking to them on global..."I was talking to so and so in global," or I found you guys on the SC forums or CoC Builder. This will weed out 99.9% of potential spies.

Or don't let in anyone that is ineligible for war (this would only prevent players who are actually in the war from joining).

Or have your players change up their bases at the end of prep day.


Bottom line, there are lots of mechanisms already at your disposal that will help you avoid spies if you really think it's a problem. Remember, missing out on a few potential members is never a big deal...there are always players out there looking for clans, and if they really want to join you they'll wait.