Clans are primarily built for strategus, and also to have fun with a bunch of people (and potentially making it easier to gain a high multiplier via teamwork).I recommend clans primarily to have friends (which increases the enjoyment of the game when joking or chatting on the voice chat of said clan). Joining a clan is arguably critical to be able to properly participate in Strategus, but is not needed for standard games. Dont stress about it, and you dont have to join a clan. First just get used to the game.
The Faction Halls (http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/board,7.0.html) forum provides the general listing of the clan threads, though many clans use their own forums.
The Clan-Searching-Thread (http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,955.0.html) is good if you want to join a clan but don't know who to join. Post here for people to send you "offers."
- Make sure you already have a ready core of members. Never start a clan with just yourself unless you have a very good reputation already.
- Make your Clan Page on this forum. "reserve" the next two posts after the original post for convenience sake in case you need them later. Make sure your clan page is started by your most active player or your leader so that it can be edited often.
- Make your clan page look nice, not messy or cluttered.
- Play together often.
- Give your clan tag an easily distinguishable UNIQUE tag that is different from every other clan.
- Make sure when you reserve a banner that no one else is using it.
- Realize that if you want to be a clan that can participate in Strategus, you must have a character designated as a "main" and for the love of god don't designate lightly, as this makes all other characters "alts' and this is not reversable.
If you can do all of the above, then the answer is yes, you can start your own clan.
- Don't recruit spam "Hey wanna join our clan?" When recruiting do so in a conservative fashion (not every hour on the hour at anyone with a pulse).
- Target specific individuals if in game, not the entire server.
- Don't try and recruit someone already in a clan, this reflects poorly on you.
- Don't be a jerk on the battlefield.
- You can ignore the previous bullet if you are extremely skilled. Skilled elite clans are cool.
- Demonstrate first that you can play together properly as a clan. Lead by example, build a reputation (you choose what kind).
- Don't expect people to flock towards your clan.
- Adding a nice banner and a link to your clan page in your forum signature goes a long way towards grabbing recruits.
- For small clans, make it very clear if you are based in the EU or the NA in your topic. Later on you can change this as your scope may grow larger, but when small try and stick to just one side of the pond (NA/EU/China/AUS etc pick just one)
- Patience is a virtue. Having a Teamspeak or some other voice chat program is considered a "requirement" by a lot of people for joining a clan. Having a clan "theme" is also highly recommended to avoid the "just a bunch of friends" sydrome.
- Don't listen too closely to what I say. :wink: