My first clan experience...

[iSin]

Yeah, that was a doozy.

So, this person invited me to a clan and then sent a friend request and I thought, "Woot! A clan and a e-friend who plays Defiance!" Psh.
After accepting the clan invite, as well as the friend request, I played a little more of Defiance until I decided to sign off for the evening, and then the next day I turned everything on and was going to play Defiance when I noticed that I had a message from the new friend, and in this message this.. person.. was irate and said that he, I presume it was a he, was very agitated.
Being the gullible fool that I am, I asked the obvious question of, "..Why?" and that's when everything went the way of doom and gloom! This person was apparently, severely, upset because: Someone on the Internet, Defiance specifically, refused to e-date him. He even said that he wasn't "afraid to suicide," so after trying to be nice at first and reading the most stark, depressing responses that I've ever seen in my life, I had finally had enough and told him that, whether he was trolling or not, I was done with the discussion and wished him the best. Moments later, a flurry of messages bombarded my message box like an aircraft dropping Napalm, each message was, "Ur rude," because apparently, wishing someone the best is rude, and "Ur rong" because, apparently saying that, "Not everyone on the Interweb is looking for romance in video games," is.. you know.. wrong.

So, after all of that I removed the fellow and removed myself from the clan immediately after.

I've since been invited to another clan, but the individuals in this clan seem less like Rob Zombie movie characters and more like people of some kind of normalcy, or at least what little normalcy there is for those of us who play video games.

[Sidd]

I'd laugh but I've seen this before. Sad that online can be rife with this type of person. Heard recently that psn home will be going offline especially due to this exact behavior becoming so common.

[Atticus Batman]

Yeah, that was a doozy.

So, this person invited me to a clan and then sent a friend request and I thought, "Woot! A clan and a e-friend who plays Defiance!" Psh.
After accepting the clan invite, as well as the friend request, I played a little more of Defiance until I decided to sign off for the evening, and then the next day I turned everything on and was going to play Defiance when I noticed that I had a message from the new friend, and in this message this.. person.. was irate and said that he, I presume it was a he, was very agitated.
Being the gullible fool that I am, I asked the obvious question of, "..Why?" and that's when everything went the way of doom and gloom! This person was apparently, severely, upset because: Someone on the Internet, Defiance specifically, refused to e-date him. He even said that he wasn't "afraid to suicide," so after trying to be nice at first and reading the most stark, depressing responses that I've ever seen in my life, I had finally had enough and told him that, whether he was trolling or not, I was done with the discussion and wished him the best. Moments later, a flurry of messages bombarded my message box like an aircraft dropping Napalm, each message was, "Ur rude," because apparently, wishing someone the best is rude, and "Ur rong" because, apparently saying that, "Not everyone on the Interweb is looking for romance in video games," is.. you know.. wrong.

So, after all of that I removed the fellow and removed myself from the clan immediately after.

I've since been invited to another clan, but the individuals in this clan seem less like Rob Zombie movie characters and more like people of some kind of normalcy, or at least what little normalcy there is for those of us who play video games.

Sorry about your experience. I personally feel that if you want to join a clan that you should look around and maybe play with a few people from the clans that you're interested in before you decide. Of course that is because I have had bad experiences with random clan recruiters myself.

Defiance is so far the first and only game I have joined a clan in, because I found (the second clan I joined) a great group of people that I get along with. Of course even though I am one of the original members, I refused to officially join the clan for a couple months after it was founded to make sure I really did want to be in the clan, due to bad experiences with the first Defiance clan I was in, as well as with random clans and recruiters.

Heck when Mass Effect 3 was still fairly new, a clan sought me out on the ME3 forum, and requested I join their clan, but I would be required to play as the same race that I chose upon my entry into the clan at all times, and I would be leader of the players that all signed up to play as that race. Basically (If you are familiar with Me3) I would have led the Hegemony. But since I enjoy playing all the characters and didn't want to be forced into only playing with that clan, I turned them down.

I play games for fun and sometimes companionship. I do not play them, to be told what I can play, with whom and when. So I did a lot of asking and research before joining any clan in Defiance, because of my experiences with the clan recruiters in Defiance, Me3, and D&D online.

[iSin]

Sorry about your experience. I personally feel that if you want to join a clan that you should look around and maybe play with a few people from the clans that you're interested in before you decide. Of course that is because I have had bad experiences with random clan recruiters myself.

Defiance is so far the first and only game I have joined a clan in, because I found (the second clan I joined) a great group of people that I get along with. Of course even though I am one of the original members, I refused to officially join the clan for a couple months after it was founded to make sure I really did want to be in the clan, due to bad experiences with the first Defiance clan I was in, as well as with random clans and recruiters.

Heck when Mass Effect 3 was still fairly new, a clan sought me out on the ME3 forum, and requested I join their clan, but I would be required to play as the same race that I chose upon my entry into the clan at all times, and I would be leader of the players that all signed up to play as that race. Basically (If you are familiar with Me3) I would have led the Hegemony. But since I enjoy playing all the characters and didn't want to be forced into only playing with that clan, I turned them down.

I play games for fun and sometimes companionship. I do not play them, to be told what I can play, with whom and when. So I did a lot of asking and research before joining any clan in Defiance, because of my experiences with the clan recruiters in Defiance, Me3, and D&D online.

I'm a little familiar with Mass Effect still, I haven't played it in what seems like forever, though. I don't think that anyone should be forced into playing a game as something/someone or doing things a certain way in a game.
In total (and I mean in games in general) my clan experience in Defiance only makes my fourth time being in a clan. The other three times were literally just me and a group of friends who wanted to goof around, and we had made it just to have something in our little clan section at the beginning of our names. So in truth, I really didn't even think before accepting the clan and friend invite on Defiance.

When I was invited to join the other clan however, I considered it for a little while before finally accepting, but I don't fully understand the need for clans in Defiance other than it's a way for certain people to stay in touch with one another for hookups and things like that. I tried going for my very first duel, but I kept getting the server timeout error.

@Sidd
I had heard that they were closing down PlayStation Home, but I really don't know anything about it so it won't be a big loss to me. It does really suck that anything is shut down because of how the community acts, if that's the biggest reason for discontinuing it.

[Atticus Batman]

I'm a little familiar with Mass Effect still, I haven't played it in what seems like forever, though. I don't think that anyone should be forced into playing a game as something/someone or doing things a certain way in a game.
In total (and I mean in games in general) my clan experience in Defiance only makes my fourth time being in a clan. The other three times were literally just me and a group of friends who wanted to goof around, and we had made it just to have something in our little clan section at the beginning of our names. So in truth, I really didn't even think before accepting the clan and friend invite on Defiance.

When I was invited to join the other clan however, I considered it for a little while before finally accepting, but I don't fully understand the need for clans in Defiance other than it's a way for certain people to stay in touch with one another for hookups and things like that. I tried going for my very first duel, but I kept getting the server timeout error.

@Sidd
I had heard that they were closing down PlayStation Home, but I really don't know anything about it so it won't be a big loss to me. It does really suck that anything is shut down because of how the community acts, if that's the biggest reason for discontinuing it.

Clans earn bonuses as they rank up, that everyone in the clan gets. If you go to the clan menu, then you should be able to see the clan progress and the bonuses the clan currently gets for each category listed there. Also on top of that page it shows the clan's rank and the Global Clan bonuses you have unlocked base on rank. I believe there are only 3 clan ranks so far, and although I can't tell you what all 3 rank bonuses are, I do know that one of the bonuses (I believe bonus 2) is a 5%speed bonus to your vehicle's standard speed.

Here I Defiancedata'ed it for you!

http://www.defiancedata.com/page.php?id=134

[iSin]

Clans earn bonuses as they rank up, that everyone in the clan gets. If you go to the clan menu, then you should be able to see the clan progress and the bonuses the clan currently gets for each category listed there. Also on top of that page it shows the clan's rank and the Global Clan bonuses you have unlocked base on rank. I believe there are only 3 clan ranks so far, and although I can't tell you what all 3 rank bonuses are, I do know that one of the bonuses (I believe bonus 2) is a 5%speed bonus to your vehicle's standard speed.

Here I Defiancedata'ed it for you!

http://www.defiancedata.com/page.php?id=134

Oh! That is sweet! I had no idea that the clans offered benefits like these.
Thank you for the link and the info!

I am now proudly an Ego Rating of 1,373! I made it this far with little to no help, and I've successfully completed the Mount Tam and Madera pursuits! I'm now working on Marin.

[AllGamer]

Yeah... I've had those weirdos experiences in the past, in other games.
Since then I've learned to research the Clan / Guild before I join.

Just last night I finally joined a Clan after playing all the way to almost EGO 5000 by going solo,
but there are parts of the game that you can't really play without being part of a Clan.

Other things you should look at when you join a Clan, is to make sure they are active at the time you are active, else there is no point joining if they are online when you are offline and viceversa

[Smiit]

Now thats what you call someone who is desperate lol. Its pretty stressful to recruit when you start a clan you thats probably why that guy was flipping out. Ive done it before but I kept trekking on.

[JadedSinn]

Yeah... I've had those weirdos experiences in the past, in other games.
Since then I've learned to research the Clan / Guild before I join.

Just last night I finally joined a Clan after playing all the way to almost EGO 5000 by going solo,
but there are parts of the game that you can't really play without being part of a Clan.

Other things you should look at when you join a Clan, is to make sure they are active at the time you are active, else there is no point joining if they are online when you are offline and viceversa

aint u and i in the same clan ? o.o man you are such a pain in the . jk . dont know what clan your in so i cant say if we are or arnt

lol no i love hanging with my clan. i love the people in it. and like all says you want a clan thats actave when you are. nearly any time i log on theres allways someone on on my clan. be it 1 am right befor restart or be it the middle of the day where i live. i allways find someone to hang out with and bs with.

you also want a clan that will do events. becuse well lets face it. it gets boring even if your in an active clan like the one im in. you need ways to keep your mind haveing fun. such as haveing odd WM battles that lead into every one on the server loseing there DLCS for 15-20 mins hehe

or haveing random OJ give aways for people within range and ego of the OJ weapons your giveing away.

mod pools
SWar
PVP ternaments.

anything. its all fun and makes being in a clan fun too.