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Thank God for Destiny clans, if it weren't for them I wouldn't have met the great people that help me enjoy this game to its fullest extent. But after listening to a recent [i]Guardian Radio Podcast[/i] and knowing how much Bungie (especially DeeJ) has pushed for people to become involved in them, it's left me wondering why hasn't the system been leveraged in-game?
And it got me thinking "what if…"
[b]What if clan members in your friends roster were denoted with a colored bar next to their name?[/b]
Similar to the bar that shows who's in a fire team. Recently playing Iron Banner when everyone uses the same emblem proves the need for this.
[b]What if clan members were floated to the top of our roster?[/b] Thanks [i]Muddlin Through[/i]
[b]What if we had a Clan specific roster?[/b]
Let's face it, there's no way one can expect to friend every person within some clans, they're just to big. Sure we have a handful of people that we play with regularly and they're in our friends list, but there are times when they're not available. Give us a means that allows us to easily find other clan members, in-game.
[b]What if within this Clan Roster, users could visually denote certain attributes?[/b]
Attributes like they play with a mic (symbolized by a speaker), that they're a "safe gamer" (symbolized by "PG") and what game modes they're looking to do (symbolized by in game icons [Raid's Skull, ToO Eye, etc.] ).
[b][i]SLIGHT BUILD TO ABOVE[/i] What if players looking to do an activity had and LFG placed next to their name?[/b]
Simplification of above. Give the players the ability to simply select a LFG box under settings that then shows up next to their name.
[b]What if this Clan Roster was sortable by said attributes?[/b]
Looking to pull together a raid team that has mics and is adult friendly? Make a couple of selections and boom, there they are. (Ideally this would become a LFG tab in our menus, but that's another discussion.)
[b]What if you could select up to five guardian's at once and send a single "invite to game" message?[/b]
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At the end of the day all I'm suggesting is that within a game, who's creators built around the goal of pushing team work and communication, players are given a tool that allows us to more easily accomplish said goal. BNet and Outside LFG sites are great and all, but when system UI and the requirement to have a CPU/Phone next to you becomes barriers to this experience I'd argue the game has failed at this part. Not being a game designer myself, I don't know if there are barriers such as Last Gen Memory or Network permissions that get in the way, but if these aren't a core issue I certainly hope that we'll see something similar to this prior to Destiny 2.
[b]**Would love to hear from the community, what would you want to see for in-game clan support? It's easy to complain about things, let's instead bring ideas and answers. Don't have anything to add? Bump/Like if you support the idea of giving Clans more tools in-game.**[/b]
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Didn't read your very long post, but I second for any idea that puts making, joining, and managing clans in-game.