Certain clans were removed because they were led (created) by known cheaters....
perhaps instead of the clan being removed, remove the clan leader and allow a secondary (or thirdairy) leader to get bumped up
in the case all three leaders are cheaters, the first alphabetical leader gets popped into the leader slot.
this would be a nice alternative to "the leader decided to cheat and now my stuffs gone!" especially if the other members had no idea the other player was cheating.
That wouldn't work. First off it has always been said that use of clans is at your own risk. This is something that isn't going to change. It is known that the first leader in a clan is the one that has paid for the clan. It doesn't matter if another player contributed to it or not. Why would anyone want to see a clan that contains items and gold attained through cheating stay open? Is it really fair for the non cheaters in the clan to acquire freely tainted items/gold? If a player is an honest person would they really want to use tainted items/gold? If a leader in a clan has cheated there is no way to find out if that clan was created from tainted gold meaning gold that was brought in while cheating no matter how they cheated. Not only that but how much of a punishment would it be to let someone else take over the clan and acquire all the items/gold? The cheater would just get back in game with a new name and ask for the "new leader" to appoint him back as leader in his old clan. No punishment there aye? As far as distinguishing between who owns what in a clan that is pretty much impossible. It would take forever to account for every single item/piece of gold in a clan. Especially considering how many people there are in most clans. I can see lots of arguing if that was done. Therefore the clan and all its items/gold deleted. Its done as a punishment to the cheater because after all whether the leader is sharing the clan with you or not he owns all rights to it as first leader. If you happen to be in a clan that disappears like that for no reason then the first person you should be going to is the leader of that clan. If they have no idea they just may not want to be honest with everyone in the clan or they truly don't know.
Rydia and Cecilia you never mentioned the name of the clan. It would help a lot.
