As we move forward as a platform, we sometimes need to reevaluate our existing features. Now that we have sunsetted Leaderboards and Player Points, Clans no longer contribute to the Roblox Groups experience.
Clans were an invite-only part of a group with a maximum of 100 members. Each game had a Player Points leaderboard, and the points earned by each member were added to the Clan’s score in that game. It was also possible to invite an entire Clan to a VIP server.
Removing Clans will enable us to focus on improving the core experience of Roblox Groups and adding new features.
When will the Clans feature be removed? Within the next couple of days. We will update this post when the feature is removed.
The Clans feature is now removed.
What about the Robux that I spent purchasing a Clan? All users who purchased Clans will receive a refund. If the Clan was purchased with group funds, the refund will be deposited into group funds. Please allow some time for this to happen.
Refunds were distributed on March 4, 2019.
I am a developer and I use GroupService:GetGroupsAsync to check if a player is in a clan. What do I need to do?
No changes are needed, just be aware that when Clans are completely removed, these checks will return false.
I think Clans could still be usable, even without playerpoints & leaderboards, two features I hope return in the future.
Anyways, I would use clans as a way to display who my developers are, as it would display them above everyone else on the first page of my group. Hadn’t realized this page disappeared until now.
Still though, it’s kinda sad that leaderboards & points were removed, but they were an abused feature when they first came out.
While there may be some people who will call this “ThE wOrSt UpDaTe EvEr” (There always will be). I feel that this is a step in the right direction. Removing old legacy features that are rarely used is a great way to clean up the mess that groups on Roblox currently are.
I do hope a Play Point “like” system will be added back in the future.
I loved the competitive dynamic it gave the site, and the group world in general.
I do however, as somebody who has been involved in all types of groups for many years, appreciate the fact that Roblox is resuming development in the group community.
They were extremely useful in the war clan communities’ sense of competitiveness, as well as for game communities such as Apocalypse Rising, where spin-off “squads” would compete for leader-board dominance. (When player-points were still a thing)
I hope that Roblox will introduce a new feature like clans, just to show off the developers in a group. I once used clans with all of the owners in it because you can’t have multiple owners.
A good update, most clans I knew were just like a special role. Would be cool to have a default role to show in groups when a player goes to the group page, would be similar to showing a clan, but with roles instead.
