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It entirely depends on what you think the Clan XP total is. If it was meant to be the XP of every player who has been a member of that clan earned while in the clan that would be one thing, a historical view. But that is not what that total is. It is the amount of XP earned by current clan members since joining the clan - a much more current figure, that represents the stability of the clan and the present membership.
Yes I understand exactly how the experience is handled currently. What I am referring to is problems with this type of accounting process. What ends up happening is quite the opposite of a picture of current clan prominence and stability, in fact.
The fact that experience "leaves" with players yet stays with those still in clans causes leaders to try to hold onto as many inactive accts as possible with high clan experience. This leads to many of the problems we see with clans so against player movement. Clan leaders are forced to play the numbers game should they need to create a spot for a new player by eliminating an inactive with a high xp total.
Further, there are many clans that are largely "dead" in current reality because all or a great number of their player base earned huge amounts of xp while in clan and then maxed or otherwise quit playing.
To me, a far better picture of a clan and it's membership and history would be to allow clan xp to remain just what it is described to be. Experience earned while people are in clan. All the work people do while in clan does not simply vanish when they leave a clan nor does it actually stay if someone stops playing and contributing. Yet clan leaders keep the account simply for past contribution.
On one hand you are saying past contribution shouldn't count, we only want to see a picture of the present membership in a clan, but sadly this is not what we get in reality.
Thanks for responding.
It entirely depends on what you think the Clan XP total is. If it was meant to be the XP of every player who has been a member of that clan earned while in the clan that would be one thing, a historical view. But that is not what that total is. It is the amount of XP earned by current clan members since joining the clan - a much more current figure, that represents the stability of the clan and the present membership.
Yes I understand exactly how the experience is handled currently. What I am referring to is problems with this type of accounting process. What ends up happening is quite the opposite of a picture of current clan prominence and stability, in fact.
The fact that experience "leaves" with players yet stays with those still in clans causes leaders to try to hold onto as many inactive accts as possible with high clan experience. This leads to many of the problems we see with clans so against player movement. Clan leaders are forced to play the numbers game should they need to create a spot for a new player by eliminating an inactive with a high xp total.
Further, there are many clans that are largely "dead" in current reality because all or a great number of their player base earned huge amounts of xp while in clan and then maxed or otherwise quit playing.
To me, a far better picture of a clan and it's membership and history would be to allow clan xp to remain just what it is described to be. Experience earned while people are in clan. All the work people do while in clan does not simply vanish when they leave a clan nor does it actually stay if someone stops playing and contributing. Yet clan leaders keep the account simply for past contribution.
On one hand you are saying past contribution shouldn't count, we only want to see a picture of the present membership in a clan, but sadly this is not what we get in reality.
Thanks for responding.
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20-Apr-2015 22:59:55 - Last edited on 20-Apr-2015 23:12:53 by Karmoi
