Clan Components Preview
There's a lot to consider when it comes to running, taking part in, and/or joining a Clan. From Rank to Medal Count, we're going to cover all the things that make a Clan what it is.

As you can see in the image above, there are 5 primary aspects of a clan:

• Emblem/Badge: Each Clan will have the option to customize various aspects of their Badge. We'll cover this in more depth in a future preview.
• Flag: When creating your Clan, you can set its primary country, which can improve your recruitment efforts.
• Rank: Clan benefits, like max amount of members and Supply Drop (more on this in a future preview), are directly tied to your Rank. Members contribute to this by getting 3-star victories.
• Medals: This number represents the cumulative amount of medals all of your members have. This will be tied directly to the Clan leaderboard.
• Members: All Clans have a maximum amount of members, which is increased as you go up in Rank. 

In addition, a player's clan and its respective Badge will be shown on their entry in the player leaderboard.

In the future, we plan to expand what Clans can unlock, including:

• New customization options
• Reinforcement level (more on this in a future update)

 CHAT PREVIEW 
One of the best parts about being in a Clan is the ability to connect and talk with your in-game pals and have an accessible information feed of all relevant, clan-related information. The Chat functionality will provide this and more:

Included in the chat will be:

• An integrated means of communicating with your clanmates, including emote functionality and reactions
• Clan-related notifications that tell you when a new member joins the clan, someone leaves the clan, and more
• Will include relevant statistics regarding the clan including level, amount of members online, and progress towards your supply drop (more on this later)

While we will launch a variety of functionality, there's some that will be added at a later point after initial release. That future functionality includes:

• Card trading requests
• Deck sharing
• Duel requests

Lastly, in the image above, those who look closely will discover a few more teasers and reveals, which will be officially announced at a later time.

CHAT QUESTIONS
Q: Is there a maximum amount of messages that will be accessible?
A: Yes, only the most recent 200-300 messages will be stored.

Q: Is a profanity filter planned?
A: Yes, a profanity filter is planned. 

Q: How will I be notified of new messages?
A: The Clan button in the main menu will display how many new messages have been sent since your last view.

CREATING CLAN PREVIEW
The time has finally come! As we recently announced, the next major feature players can expect to be added to War Alliance is Clans. While it may not have been visible to our players, we've been slowly laying the foundation of Clans for a while now, building up the architecture and related features that will all contribute to making Clans a reality.

With that said, we're going to take the next few weeks to lay out what players can expect on day one and lastly speak about what we plan for the future of Clan functionality.

In this first preview, we're going to start at the beginning and talk about what players can expect when they want to get their own Clan up and running - Clan Creation.

As you can see from the image above, players will be able to set the following aspects of their Clan:

• Name
• Description
• Badge
• Country
• Type
• Required Medals

These options will more or less contribute to Clan recruitment and identity.

At launch, the Types available will only be:

• Public: Open to everyone, with the only restriction being Required Medals 
• Invite: Open to only those players who are invited, which will employ a system similar to how players invite Friends

After launch, we'll plan to later add the option for Clans to be set as Private, which will provide a means for Clans to have players "apply" to their Clan.

The Badge customization options will allow players to have a Clan Badge that is truly their own, complete with various icons, colors, and other options that will make it truly unique. There are plans to continually expand these options and how players can gain more unique and exclusive customizations as well. Please look for a more detailed overview of customization options in a future blog post.

In a final spoiler, the cost for creating a Clan is tentatively set at 1,000 Gold, but there will also be a Rank restriction, which we will reveal at a later point.

MOVING FORWARD
Again, we're excited to finally add Clans to the game and then start building on that foundation to expand it even further in the future. As part of that, we'd love to hear your thoughts on Clans over on our Discord server. Be sure to head over there and join the conversation!