Newbie clans
I think that this game is extremely hard for a new player and if a newbie doesnt connect with a clan in the first few hours of play they wont end up staying.
I would like to see either a default newbie clan that puts everyone together or an option for existing clans to be flagged for newbies that will automatically allow newbies to join them.
The latter option should be the most effective as it would allow newbie friendly clans to soak up newbs right away and show them the ropes.
I think the new player experience would benefit by doing something similar to what Planetside 2 does and have a small separate region(probably in the Pacific) that can be accessed only by players below a certain rank, but they have the freedom to stay or go straight to the the Atlantic until they reach that rank. They would only be able to choose between two factions while they're within that region since having all of the main nations is unnecessary and most would have no one playing them. The