Wow. Those poll options are just stupid.
You know that if you join a friend in-game you join their Fireteam, right? Basically if you want a clan to group up, just tell everybody to hop into 1 guy's game. You'd really want to get a refund on what is otherwise an incredible game because you're too lazy to go to your friends list and hit "join"? I've played a match with clan buddies, I had one on my friends list so I hopped in, there was already another member there, and then another must have followed one of us in because before we were even a minute into the match four of us were playing Versus. I don't see the problem.
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The current system certainly does not work as easily as you stated. There have been multiple occassions where my friends and I were unable to get members of our party into the same game. We would have gladly started a lobby, invited all of our party and then searched for a game together but this is not possible in Brink. Instead you are stuck trying to join the same game, hope that it is not laggy, and then wait to see if everyone makes it in. If not, repeat the process ad nauseum.