No, probably not. There is 32 people to a clan in the second one, that is like having two rosters as it is. I believe what they meant is if you have 10 people in your clan, and I have 10 people in my clan then you can combine and merge into my clan without me sending 10 invites to every individual player in your former clan. That would make mergers more efficient. I cannot see any reason at all for merger of clans any other way unless they are talking about alliances of some sort. Which if they were they would have stated that, and not had said merger.
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