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This is the start of a few Analysis and Reviews of the Battle Stations games on facebook, besides the usual 10 questions interviews. It wont discuss about spit or swallow, but more "real" issues facing the Battle Stations community. Like all discussions, there is no right or wrong, only a good analysis and bad analysis, hence Ping does not proclaim this is the right view, it is up to the reader to agree or disagree.

Clan Wars for some time has been an exp source for various active war players. To those who doesn't know about clan wars, the basics goes like this: Every clan has a fort, to take part in a clan war, you have to be a member of a clan. The fort strength is dependant on donations from clan members, the more donations, the stronger the fort. The fort can also be defended by members of their clan. Like ships, a fort can also be sunk, when a fort is sunk the clan is unable to attack other forts, and it will take 48 hours (except for special events) to salvage the fort which is done for free. When the fort is damaged, there is also an option to repair the fort. If a clan sucessfully sinks other clans fort, their clan gets war points. The more war points a clan has, the higher their clan is ranked against other clans. However clans can only attack other forts they are at war with, and of course their fort must be up.

However clan wars while said to be fun, also has their short comings. It has been repeatedly criticised as unfair and buggy. One such bug is the declaration of war feature, if a clan declares war, you cannot attack back unless you declare war back.

Clan Wars used to give so much exp, that the exp gains is as follow : Clan Wars ---> PvP ---> Explore --->>>>> Trading (for traders). However recently Clan Wars exp has been nerfed, and NPCs (from exploring) exp has been buffed. Some of the actions the community has taken are to petition to remove the nerfs.

Our resident Ping Reporter has spoken to different players of different clans of different nature to see how the nerf has affected them and their clans. The clans are :

HCZD : HCZD is a small clan with most of their members current at NS. It is a clan made more for members of the Hwa Chong Institution of Singapore. They seldom resurrect in clan wars due to their service to our nation.

ELITES : Elites is also a relatively small clan with some solid members with 3 Kingdoms nicknames. It is also relatively new and was made together with the Legends clan.

CREED : The former Temasek Hegemon clan, CREED was 1 of the first few clans to be made. Its history could be made into a great story, and at 1 point of time, overtook EVA to become the top clan in warpoints, and has undergone several leadership changes.

EVA : EVA was a clan founded by former Gamblers. For quite a while, they lived under the shadow of Gambler, but has since proven that without JC and his merryman, they are still a force to be reckon with.

Ping : No I didnt interview myself! Ping is the reporter clan of BS!!!

Other clans : Some who I have asked has not replied to at the point of this post.

Disclaimer : The players spoken to are not representing the views of their own clan but as a player. They were asked from different clans hence may produce different answers depending on factors such as size of clan, activeness of clan, and war strength of clan. As their views may be controversal and may not agree with their clan masters or the general community, identities will be protected and hence they will be refered to as XXX member, XXX being their clan.

The following questions were asked :

1) Why did you join your clan over other clans?
This question was asked to find out what made this clan special and stand out as per compared to other clans.

2) Clan Wars : Exp or WP?
These are the 2 main material benefits of clan wars. The question was to see what made players more attracted to clan wars.

3) Which is more important to you? Clanship, Good Fort/Ships, or having LOADS and LOADS of members?
These are probably 3 attributes that most clans strive for, recruitment, quality members, and having fun while doing so.

4) Excluding your clan for obvious reasons, which clan is the best clan and why?
This clan was made to see how a member rates qualities in other clans.

5) Recently LL nerfed the exp of clan wars. In your opinion was it a good or a bad change and why?
Obviously DUH thats what the whole post is about.