First, i am glad to see these Clan forums are still very active
Second.. I absolutely agree with Jaroth: since MW2 each Clan or Merc Unit or faction unit have been created and kept running by players (some of them are still active after more than a decade) and thus they should decide on their own how they handle things.
Third, i agree instead with Joseph about another matter: AFAIK each Clan has always had a Khan and SaKhan, but with CW on its way (not so close anyway) Clans are already adopting different forms to adapt to MWO. I know there are no less than 5 Clan Wolf units on Terra , and i don't have problems with it. In this game we are meeting each other while in past games i know different units were involved in different Leagues so that issue was non-existent.
My example is just Clan Wolf: most of the CW units have broken down representing a Galaxy each one (we are Alpha Galaxy, the Russians are Beta and so on). In CW i agree that leadership may not be claimed by players (but this doesn't mean each Clan cannot have Khan and SaKhan internally when there is a long tradition of having Khans..)..
So what i hope for Clan factions is that the available Canon units will enjoy some of the great merc corps' features and some liberty in organizing its ranks in some way,reflecting each Clan unit's internal touman.
About the Periphery.. I might well create right now a "Magistracy of Canopus armed forces" forum and PGI couldn't do nothing about it.
Let's make a summary: we have long-dated agreements among players which survived for years and years providing tons of fun,still surviving and adapting to MWO; on the other hand, you have PGI which doesn't seem too willing to control Clans, Bloodnames and Trials..
Oh almost forgot.. Clan Wolf welcomes you Joseph Kerensky and your daughter among his Bloodnamed warriors
(as long as you have some proof supporting your claim )
Edited by CyclonerM, 11 October 2013 - 10:49 AM.