Crush the hopper!

[iceageg]

Here are 3 better options which are fairly simple to implement.

1. Bonus xp for being in a clan the entire season.
2. A counter in the profile of clan war attacks NOT used.
3. Under Attacks/Defenses won, the number of clans you've been in that season.

SC has been very clear that they will never add any visible badge/mark/statistic/whatever to a player's profile that could be considered negative. It is bad for business because it only serves to drive players away. This rules out your second and third options. Incentivizing staying could work though. Doesn't matter anyway because hoppers are at best a good thing and at worst fun to mess with.

[Mallan]

Seriously, I can't believe only one other person read this idea.

Isn't everyone tired of clan hoppers? Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do about it, you know? People are going to come and go as they please, because there is no way to hold anyone accountable. When you're hiding behind an anonymous screen name, you're as brave as a lion and do as you please, right?

Well, what if we introduce a little incentive to stay? I've read an idea about adding a "reputation" to a player's profile. Well, let's face it. That requires a butt load of programming, a lot more committed memory, and not a lot of results. Most users of this game don't care who they are recruiting, and aren't going to go through the process of screening thoroughly. In fact, if 48 out of 49 clan members did screen a recruit, that 49th player would ruin the update.♥

What I'm here to suggest is fairly simple. Just add an "attack deserter" button for the loosing clan to abuse. This button would be in the chat box only, so this player would only suffer the abuse until the chat box refreshed, and obviously the same shield rules would apply. So, nothing TOO devastating, but still something to make the clan feel a bit better and a slight deterrent to the "hopper."

It shouldn't be that much work to add a Statistic on the Profile. "Oh, Billy has been a member of 16 Clans? Bye Billy."

[iceageg]

It shouldn't be that much work to add a Statistic on the Profile. "Oh, Billy has been a member of 16 Clans? Bye Billy."

Except that adding anything negative to a player's profile has been ruled out.

[fivefivesix]

SC has been very clear that they will never add any visible badge/mark/statistic/whatever to a player's profile that could be considered negative. It is bad for business because it only serves to drive players away. This rules out your second and third options. Incentivizing staying could work though. Doesn't matter anyway because hoppers are at best a good thing and at worst fun to mess with.

How do you mess with someone that just hopped out of your clan mid war?

[rwelshjr]

Here are 3 better options which are fairly simple to implement.

1. Bonus xp for being in a clan the entire season.
2. A counter in the profile of clan war attacks NOT used.
3. Under Attacks/Defenses won, the number of clans you've been in that season.

There was a comment to this that SC will not add a negative statistic, and that correct. So how about a positive one. As regards the above 3....

1) That is not a negative statistic, and not bad at all. Probably not enough to make a difference though.

2) Instead of a statistic saying how many war attacks unused (could be construed as negative) instead state how many were used. Not how they came out, just if they were undertaken.

3) That's too close to a negative stat so much as I would like to see that displayed, it can't be.

And for one other thought....

4) Bury them in an anthill? Or would that get abused?

[iceageg]

How do you mess with someone that just hopped out of your clan mid war?

You can't mess with them once they are gone, and shouldn't be able to. Best you can do is fill them with gobs as soon as they join and boot them in the first 15 seconds.

[iceageg]

. . .2) Instead of a statistic saying how many war attacks unused (could be construed as negative) instead state how many were used. Not how they came out, just if they were undertaken. . .

War Hero accomplishment already serves this purpose. It works because nobody knows how many wars you attended. Only how many stars you accomplished. You could have 6 stars from a single war or from 50. Nobody knows.

[Mallan]

Make a website or thread were people can post the hoppers and search up their name to see whether someone has been caught "hopping" I think as though it could help

Hopefully a supercell member sees this post and says "Yea, Thats important" and puts something like my suggestion in the Topics of the Clash Forums.

Anyway Thanks
- Firmanator

What you suggest is Name and Shame, Its not a bad thing in my eyes, if you abuse the game mechanics you should be ashamed and others should know to shun you for it. Its funny how people of my generation could better handle finger pointing and neener neener neener Than younger folks!

I have been in Chats/Forums Since AOL Was THE provider, I have never been insulted enough on line or in RL enough to where I couldn't laugh at the attempt.

[rwelshjr]

War Hero accomplishment already serves this purpose. It works because nobody knows how many wars you attended. Only how many stars you accomplished. You could have 6 stars from a single war or from 50. Nobody knows.

Agreed. I use it that way today. I was just suggesting a way they could make it a little tighter.

I actually still think burying them in an anthill was my best suggestion.

[iceageg]

I actually still think burying them in an anthill was my best suggestion.

I had no counterpoint or contribution to enhance that idea so I left it with the value it already had.