Okay, maybe hate is a bit of a strong word. However, I do feel strongly that clans are detrimental to CB and its players.
First of all, they are basically a necessity. If you want to grow your char, you need to be in a clan. People are forced into them or they lose cash, XP, and now ritual benefits. Being forced to join a group wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, except it comes with a wide range of other problems.
Clans encourage unhealthy play. Instead of an optimized fight list of the teams that best reward you that you can blow 160 ba on in 10 minutes, to be successful you should focus on the top 3 or 4 clanners you can hit. No matter if this means playing for several hours on end as you wait for your tiny list to refresh and other people to stop farming you. In my mind CB is a casual game that people play a little bit each day for the fun of it. Clans run counter to that notion.
Clans create a burden. You no longer play for the fun of it, seeing what you can do and how high your MPR can get. Now you are in it to support the team. Don't fight 2500CP a day? You're holding everyone back! A clan-member's worth is now based on how many jerks farm him constantly.
Solutions:
1. Stop letting farmers take away points from others. It's demoralizing, mean-spirited, and completely unnecessary. Let your contribution to the clan be purely that, contribution only. If not removed, limit it to something reasonable like no more than 50CP subtracted a day per person.
2. Stop CP gains if one team has a significant PR or MPR advantage over another. These fights prove nothing other than the reward system at the top is broken.
3. Have all clans auto disband annually. Let's make people meet new people on here. One clan practically untouchable? Well next year they'll have to rearrange. Everyone is affected equally and large amounts of discussion and strategy will be created.
4. Rebalance clan rituals. IDK about everyone else but the only thing I've ever seen cast is +5AC. Not much strategy or flair there.
That's all for now. I just wanted to share my rationale for exiting the infernal rat race known as the clan system. Good luck to those of you that feel otherwise. At least rest easy knowing that clans are safe with CB now being a stagnant game without changes, upgrades, or additions.