To Clan or not to Clan?

[Ty Tanium]

Good morning Captains everywhere,
I have noticed, in playing, that there are a great number of players that are not in Clans. Everyone I talk to about it asks the same question, "What does being in a Clan mean?"

I assume that it's something not many consider and that there is a general lack of knowledge about where to find information about Clan Membership, accordingly I have drafted this "In a nutshell" presentation about Clans and Clan Membership benefits.

Players can join a clan at no cost - however, they must apply or be invited.
Though there is no requirement to be in a clan, membership carries benefits. Besides allowing for faster communication through the clan-chat interface, members benefit from in-game perks provided by developing structures within the clan's Naval Base. These structures are built using Oil. 
Oil, is a clan-specific resource earned by members for simply playing the game. Additionally, membership in a clan allows for players to partake in the Clan Battles game mode.
Clan benefits
For most players, the primary attraction of a clan is the benefits that its members gain from development of the clan's naval base. As the naval base grows, there are increasing bonuses to member experience and earned resources, and discounts on ships.
A less widely used but no less important benefit is the ability to participate in Clan Battles.

Joining a Clan
Find the clan to join. One method is to explore the Clan Recruitment area of the forum. Another is to explore clans through the game client.
While on the clan's Naval Base page, navigate to "Clan Search."
Use the search bar and Recommendations to find a clan to join.

Clan – Joining
Clicking a clan entry the clan opens its naval base and member list.
After inspecting the clan, click "Join Clan" to send an application.

Confirm sending your application.
To view the application status, click "My Applications" on the Naval Base page. The application will appear with a status on the right side. A letter icon means that the clan's commander has yet to make a decision. An 'X' means the application was rejected or expired. A check mark means the application was accepted.
Note: That a player account must have achieved Access Level 17 before applying to join a clan. However, a player account of any level can be Invited and accept an invitation from a clan.

Inviting a player to a clan
Players can be invited across regions, and without regard to their access level.
Locate the player using the Chat Interface (orange icon lower left corner of the Port screen).
<right-click> on the player line and select 'Invite to Clan'.
The invitation is entered on your clan's Requests page, pending his acceptance.
The invitation is entered on his Requests page, asking for their acceptance.
Note: Invitations do time out.
If the player accepts, they is inducted immediately and no further action is required, except perhaps an introduction.

Managing the Clan's Description, Name, Tag, and Rules
While on the clan's Naval Base page, navigate to the clan's name with the banner next to it.
Click on the clan's name with the banner next to it. A pop-down menu will appear with multiple management options. Choose the desired option to edit the parameter.
A Description can be added or changed at any time.
Clan resources
Oil 
Oil is accumulated (into the clan's storage tanks) by clan members as they obtain containers (and play Clan Battles). Oil is expended by clan leadership to construct buildings in the naval base that provide bonuses to members. (See the Naval Base article for details.)

Now, having said all that, Clan [TIMAT] SeaEagle is seeking members to help develop the Naval Base and share in the benefits and rewards it brings. Come find us or leave a reply here with your "World of Warships" player name and we will issue an invite, if you're interested in joining a relaxed, no pressure, no demands Clan.

Cheers,
Ty
(WoW Recruiting Officer [TIMAT] SeaEagle)

[Hiei]

Well being in a clan gives you more resources which should be enough.

[jcv5000]

Make sure to read, and enter a clan, that don't ask you to do anything, and even more ask you for anything! but, being in a clan help a little bit when buying lines ships!

[Jackson]

There's literally 0 reasons not to be in a clan. It costs nothing and can give a lot.

[~T~D~]

I quit the Greek clan cause forced to play Gearing caus I was so good in it, forced to play clan battles.

Boring, made my own clan: Gets bonus coal and less silver cost after battle.

No discord requirements nothing.

[Ty Tanium]

Thank you Captains,
I will point out that Clan [Timat] SeaEagle will NEVER ask you for anything. All we say is "do your own thing" and my brother and I will handle the Base development end so that all you get is the rewards. We DO NOT demand people play in Clan Battles, we do not ask for anything from you except be in the Clan and play as you wish - "Be laid back", it's our motto.

You can join me and M in co-op battles if you are around, and if you feel like it. You can just cruise along doing your thing - that's it.

NO PRESSURE, NO DEMANDS - ever.
Cheers,
T.

[Virtual Ocean Horizon]

My recommendation: Don't clan, unless you're farming steel.

I already did the math on this a while ago. If you're joining a clan purely for economics, it only makes things go at best ~10% faster when everything is maxed out. Whether that is worth it to you as a user is your choice. While its easy for a new clan to get about a global ~5% boost, getting to that sweet 10% takes a LOT longer.

Gameplaywise the best advantage is friends to play with in divisions, and if you have the right chemistry, clan battles. These, in theory, can be very fun to play. In theory.

Personally, for a long time I didn't think clans were worth it. I still don't think they're worth it. Why? While the normal gameplay commitment is fine, getting oil, doing naval battles, etc.. The social commitment is horrible, and clan battles are horrible. The clan battle experience is just stress about having to play the game at a particular time and being shouted at by teammates because you didn't bring a meta ship or didn't play perfectly, or the stupid awkward silence where nobody says anything even though everyone knows who made the mistake, and if you're not the target of ire someone else is and is obviously dragging you down but nobody wants to get rid of them because "then we don't have enough people to play". Don't even get me started on clan drama. Does your clan suck? Does your clan copy the names of more famous clans? Wow now i have a stupid tag applied to my name that attracts unwanted attention. I love being called out in randoms because of stupid ♥♥♥♥ like that. Howabout working hard for your clan, only to get no rewards because the owner gave supercrates only to his 5 friends in the clan while everyone else was just there to farm for them? I could go on and on.

Yes, you can always find a clan with like minded people. I didn't and have decided it will never be worth the energy. The in-game clan finding tools are so poor, and outside you're forced to use discord or other web recruitment stuff which just screams tryhard. So much damn commitment required to find a good one only to realize the slightest stupid thing could invalidate the entire experience.

Yes, economic lone wolf clans exist, but getting into one that has economic boosters leveled enough that is worth it is rare. I'm fortunate enough I found a former hurricane clan that has devolved into an inactive merc clan without even a discord commitment and a generic name so I can just take advantage of the economic rewards and ignore my clan forever. Also so people stop PMing me annoying recruitment messages ingame.

[Ace42]

“I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member”
― Groucho Marx

[Hiei]

Originally posted by Virtual Ocean Horizon:

My recommendation: Don't clan, unless you're farming steel.

I already did the math on this a while ago. If you're joining a clan purely for economics, it only makes things go at best ~10% faster when everything is maxed out. Whether that is worth it to you as a user is your choice. While its easy for a new clan to get about a global ~5% boost, getting to that sweet 10% takes a LOT longer.

Gameplaywise the best advantage is friends to play with in divisions, and if you have the right chemistry, clan battles. These, in theory, can be very fun to play. In theory.

Personally, for a long time I didn't think clans were worth it. I still don't think they're worth it. Why? While the normal gameplay commitment is fine, getting oil, doing naval battles, etc.. The social commitment is horrible, and clan battles are horrible. The clan battle experience is just stress about having to play the game at a particular time and being shouted at by teammates because you didn't bring a meta ship or didn't play perfectly, or the stupid awkward silence where nobody says anything even though everyone knows who made the mistake, and if you're not the target of ire someone else is and is obviously dragging you down but nobody wants to get rid of them because "then we don't have enough people to play". Don't even get me started on clan drama. Does your clan suck? Does your clan copy the names of more famous clans? Wow now i have a stupid tag applied to my name that attracts unwanted attention. I love being called out in randoms because of stupid ♥♥♥♥ like that. Howabout working hard for your clan, only to get no rewards because the owner gave supercrates only to his 5 friends in the clan while everyone else was just there to farm for them? I could go on and on.

Yes, you can always find a clan with like minded people. I didn't and have decided it will never be worth the energy. The in-game clan finding tools are so poor, and outside you're forced to use discord or other web recruitment stuff which just screams tryhard. So much damn commitment required to find a good one only to realize the slightest stupid thing could invalidate the entire experience.

Yes, economic lone wolf clans exist, but getting into one that has economic boosters leveled enough that is worth it is rare. I'm fortunate enough I found a former hurricane clan that has devolved into an inactive merc clan without even a discord commitment and a generic name so I can just take advantage of the economic rewards and ignore my clan forever. Also so people stop PMing me annoying recruitment messages ingame.

Bad advice since clans give more coal,steel, cheaper ships, more economics.
Heck I almost never talk to anyone in my clan

[christof]

Originally posted by Virtual Ocean Horizon:

The social commitment is horrible, and clan battles are horrible.

Only that the vast majority of clans never even plays clan battles. And a huge number of them no further social commitment than "log in once every two to three months at least".

Is it really that bad to do that little bit to get increased xp income, reduced credit cost for tech tree ships, reduced maintenance cost overall, more steel, more coal, more research points, potential goodies paid out of the clan treasury...

[Virtual Ocean Horizon]

Originally posted by christof:

Originally posted by Virtual Ocean Horizon:

The social commitment is horrible, and clan battles are horrible.

Only that the vast majority of clans never even plays clan battles. And a huge number of them no further social commitment than "log in once every two to three months at least".

Is it really that bad to do that little bit to get increased xp income, reduced credit cost for tech tree ships, reduced maintenance cost overall, more steel, more coal, more research points, potential goodies paid out of the clan treasury...

Logically, no, its barely a commitment. You're right. Emotionally im still mad about clan battles so thats where im coming from.

[Uncle64]

Have one own clan to [GTPF], its great, port is growing not fully build, all get some stuff from it, not one bunch of Unicum players but we get around the game
And as usual in other clans, you need to be active not stay away for like 6 months and not saying anything

We dont clanbattle, plays for fun and do Naval Battles, for the oil and stuff it gives us in Port
Sometime we do team up, but for the most we singel play

[Ty Tanium]

Good evening (here anyway) :D
Thank you all for your replies, I think it always gives newcomers (and some older Captains) a better insight when people actually write about their experiences. I will admit that my brother and I had a bit of a back and forth before we decided to set up [TIMAT] SeaEagle and to introduce prospective members and invitees to the Clan we created a motto for the Clan, it says, "Be laid back".

That's our philosophy in a nutshell, we don't ask members to do anything except play the game. We don't demand they participate in any activities in game and we don't expect them to turn up at certain times on certain days... basically we just do our thing individually and we have a friendly rapport in the game chat.

Games are just that, games and they're supposed to be engaging and fun, not stressful.
Cheers,
Ty

[Banzai]

Have to say that I have left a couple of top clans due to the "YOU MUST BE ON DISCORD ALL THE TIME" rules so make sure you know what you are getting into. Personally not a fan of being ordered around when just playing some solo games.

That said. most lower level clans will just let you do what you like so it shouldnt be an issue aside from maybe being asked to use your naval battle tries on the weekend. The rewards stack with boosters etc so theres really no reason not to join a clan.

He may hate me for this, but @RevengeUK has contacts in many EU and NA clans so can probably help anyone who is looking for a clan on those servers.

[Hiei]

Originally posted by Virtual Ocean Horizon:

Originally posted by christof:

Only that the vast majority of clans never even plays clan battles. And a huge number of them no further social commitment than "log in once every two to three months at least".

Is it really that bad to do that little bit to get increased xp income, reduced credit cost for tech tree ships, reduced maintenance cost overall, more steel, more coal, more research points, potential goodies paid out of the clan treasury...

Logically, no, its barely a commitment. You're right. Emotionally im still mad about clan battles so thats where im coming from.

So you're letting something bad that happened to you, ruin basically everyone else's experience by telling to just not join a clan?

[Jackson]

Originally posted by Virtual Ocean Horizon:

Originally posted by christof:

Only that the vast majority of clans never even plays clan battles. And a huge number of them no further social commitment than "log in once every two to three months at least".

Is it really that bad to do that little bit to get increased xp income, reduced credit cost for tech tree ships, reduced maintenance cost overall, more steel, more coal, more research points, potential goodies paid out of the clan treasury...

Logically, no, its barely a commitment. You're right. Emotionally im still mad about clan battles so thats where im coming from.

Why would clan battles bother you? I'm confused on that one. If it's not fun, don't do it. What am I missing?