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Subject: Return of Clans in Halo: Reach?

Everyone that's played Halo 2 on Xbox LIVE for an extended amount of time will remember the Clan Feature. In the feature, you can organize events for your clan, accept or request people for membership, send clan-wide messages, and have a rating system that is personally created for trusted members or Staff. The system also had much more features.

-I have given this considerable thought, and have looked through previous posts on the topic, for future reference.

Halo 2 Clans
In Halo 2, you could use the complete features of the Halo Clan System. it involved many features -mentioned above- that could be used to coordinate matches or games with friends or clan-mates.

Some important features of the H2Clans System included:
*Peon-
Lowest of all the classes. Can only participate in clanmatches. Usually used as punishment within a clan.
**Member-
Average member of the clan. Can recruit people to a clan, via clan invite and participate in clanmatches.
***Staff-
Managers of the clan. They have all the privileges accorded to the lower ranks, but with the ability of changing ranks of lower ranking clan members (members to staff, member to peon, etc). Can also boot lower ranking members from the clan.
****Overlord-
Admin/Leader(s) of the clan. Have all the privileges of staff and clan except with considerably more power.

-Taken from Halopedia's Clan Page
References for Clans in Halo 2

Halo 3 Clans (Not included in Game)
The Clan Feature was not included in Halo 3. Even so, Halo Clans were still playing strong. With the help of organizations like MLG's GameBattles or Bungie.net's Private Groups and Spotlight, clans have survived the lack of the feature easily. Still, wouldn't it have been cool to have it there, though?

Halo: Reach Clans: The Possibility
With the announcement of Halo: Reach including Multiplayer, I immediately thought of the reintroduction of Clans. It could include all of the old helpful features from Halo 2, but also include new features because of Halo's expansion in the gaming franchise and the new power of the Xbox 360.

Possible Updates to the Clan System
Everyone I know loved the Clan System back in the day, but it still had it's downsides, such as Staff Management or coordinating with other clans at the right times.

*Custom Ranks/Titles
This would add a more organized structure to the Clan System if it were to be implemented. It could be similar to the Bungie.net Private Groups "Security Role Editor" selection, where you can use the current Roles and change around their features and access, as well as change their title.
**Friend's List Implementation
-With the Clan System, there could possibly be an option where you can quick-select Friends on your Friend's List to receive an invite to your Clan. This would minimize confusions with invites involving your friends and your clan.
--This could also include a simple pop-up to say that you've already invited them to your clan, and ask to confirm if you want to send another.
***Multiple Clans at Once
-In Halo 2, you could only be in 1 clan at a time, per Gamertag. (i.e. "Lord of Blah" can only be in "BUNGLE", and not "BUNGLE and MLG" at once.)
--This could help get more involved for Groups and Clans alike in the Community.
****Calender or Current/Upcoming Events Marker
-This could be used so that everyone in your clan can see upcoming events or current events in your Clan. This can include play-dates, or clan matches.
--A reminder could be set by choosing the said event and choosing "add reminder", similar to the 1vs100 Beta Reminders, which was featured on the Xbox 360 Dashboard.

Conclusion
I am just bringing up the point that this would be a cool feature, and am in no way implying that this will be implemented. It's just a suggestion or thought on the topic. I am completely up for any suggestions or additions to my Original Post. Thanks.



[Edited on 11.02.2009 8:43 PM PST]

  • 11.02.2009 8:30 PM PDT
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I wouldn't mind seeing it again in reach, but I thought they said, during the release of halo 3, that something with xbox live didn't support clans. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

  • 11.02.2009 8:44 PM PDT

Posted by: recarpo112320
I wouldn't mind seeing it again in reach, but I thought they said, during the release of halo 3, that something with xbox live didn't support clans. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.


Since Microsoft is heading towards disabling Halo 2's Xbox LIVE capability, I thought that would fix the problem. I'm not sure. I'll look it up.

  • 11.02.2009 8:47 PM PDT

Shape Up or Ship Out*

i posted the topis a week ago but yours is more detailed so i cant get angry at you kudos. im for clans in reach

linky

[Edited on 11.02.2009 8:50 PM PST]

  • 11.02.2009 8:48 PM PDT

Do you really care? you can't automatically see my signature anyway.

Posted by: recarpo112320
I wouldn't mind seeing it again in reach, but I thought they said, during the release of halo 3, that something with xbox live didn't support clans. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.
It's that the microsoft dashboard doesn't support a clan list so bungie will not support clans (see in h2 you could just pop up your friends list and hit over to get your clan list, but if they wanted clans in a 360 game it would have to be written on to the disc and be a feature of the game.

  • 11.02.2009 8:50 PM PDT

Posted by: Spearmint
Posted by: recarpo112320
I wouldn't mind seeing it again in reach, but I thought they said, during the release of halo 3, that something with xbox live didn't support clans. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.
It's that the microsoft dashboard doesn't support a clan list so bungie will not support clans (see in h2 you could just pop up your friends list and hit over to get your clan list, but if they wanted clans in a 360 game it would have to be written on to the disc and be a feature of the game.


I see. So if the Reach Disc its self had the clan feature on it, then it would work, but it would be restricted to the disc, and not the Dashboard or a different game, correct?

  • 11.02.2009 8:51 PM PDT

Shape Up or Ship Out*

Posted by: LordOfBlah51
Posted by: Spearmint
Posted by: recarpo112320
I wouldn't mind seeing it again in reach, but I thought they said, during the release of halo 3, that something with xbox live didn't support clans. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.
It's that the microsoft dashboard doesn't support a clan list so bungie will not support clans (see in h2 you could just pop up your friends list and hit over to get your clan list, but if they wanted clans in a 360 game it would have to be written on to the disc and be a feature of the game.


I see. So if the Reach Disc its self had the clan feature on it, then it would work, but it would be restricted to the disc, and not the Dashboard or a different game, correct?


they did it in halo 2 on the disc so they could put it back in and not have to affect the xbox dashboard in any way

  • 11.02.2009 8:53 PM PDT

Do you really care? you can't automatically see my signature anyway.

Posted by: Diagon619
Posted by: LordOfBlah51
Posted by: Spearmint
Posted by: recarpo112320
I wouldn't mind seeing it again in reach, but I thought they said, during the release of halo 3, that something with xbox live didn't support clans. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.
It's that the microsoft dashboard doesn't support a clan list so bungie will not support clans (see in h2 you could just pop up your friends list and hit over to get your clan list, but if they wanted clans in a 360 game it would have to be written on to the disc and be a feature of the game.


I see. So if the Reach Disc its self had the clan feature on it, then it would work, but it would be restricted to the disc, and not the Dashboard or a different game, correct?


they did it in halo 2 on the disc so they could put it back in and not have to affect the xbox dashboard in any way


but like i said Bungie wont support clans unless Microsoft updated the dashboard to have a clan feature, but MS won't do it because people could just use it as a 2nd friends list.

  • 11.02.2009 8:57 PM PDT

How to spell "space"?

S-P-ACE! SPACE!

I hope clans come back.

I want to be able to group up with other people from my high school.

  • 11.02.2009 8:58 PM PDT

*Custom Ranks/Titles
peon - grunt
member - brute or elite
staff - cheiften
overlord - prophet
oh yeah I am awesome like that.

  • 11.02.2009 9:00 PM PDT

Posted by: super spartin6
*Custom Ranks/Titles
peon - grunt
member - brute or elite
staff - cheiften
overlord - prophet
oh yeah I am awesome like that.


Mine would be something like:

Peon- Enlisted
Member- Officer
Staff- Staff Officer
Overlord- Commander/General

I would <3 that.

  • 11.02.2009 9:03 PM PDT