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>Post-Tribe Clans just so happen to have many built-in aspects (that I will further elaborate on in another post) that exasperate this problem to no end.

Exacerbate, bud.

> Clan Banks probably aren’t necessarily a bad thing. How could it possibly make any sense for me to even imply that in the context of this discussion, when I’m specifically referring to post-Tribe Clan Banks and the two aren’t inherently different?

You're never going to persuade anyone when you write this incoherently. Read Message Not Received or any other book on communication. You're far too wordy.

>And I’m apparently doing a very shit job of explaining this, because everybody seems to misunderstand my points.

Ldo, man, ldo. Seriously though, I get where you're coming from on this, but nuking some clans over others based on an arbitrary line in the sand is never going to go over well. I like many of the arguments for limiting clans, but the cat's out the bag already. This is yet another opportunity to get things right with a new server.

You can nitpick over the importance of community vs. economy all you want, but both are vital to an MMO. You said it yourself in your OP that clans provide free items, warps, crafting NPCs, leeching, etc. and make the game too easy. You also mentioned the wrecking ball vs. dynamite concept, which you instantly contradict with your suggestion of removing only some of the clans. Nuke them all via a new server, or very little changes. If there were only three clans for example, sure, the community would be less fragmented, but it would still be comically easy for new players. Games aren't fun when everything is handed to you.