Since the announcement of level 2 clan availability all the clan members have been pouring time and money into attaining a level 2 clan. As my own clan has not yet reached the requirements, but are very close, i decided to hit up a couple friends about the benefits of a level 2 clan. Here's what i found out, a please remember that the developers have mentioned that the monthly clan dues are to "balance the economy."

When you clan reaches level 2 you have access to a Clan Hall, a clan chest, a table which increases membership by 10, a clan shop where spells can be purchased that will increase valor, experience, professions production and professions item yield.

Clan Hall is free and serves as a storage location for everything as well as a hidey hole for players in case of a war.
Table which increases membership by 10 costs 50 reals.
The chest which allows for clan item storage is 100 gold.
The Altar which is where you can get the spells to increase profession productivity and valor/experience is 25 gold.
The Spells which buff profession productivity and valor/experience are 50 gold per spell to unlock after you have purchased the altar. The are 3 spells available.

so if i do simple math that's 275 gold and 50 reals to achieve maximum benefit for a level 2 clan. I know every clan will not be able to afford doing all of these and they are not mandatory but it does make me ask, how exactly is the monthly clan dues of 10 gold per month acting to "balance the economy" as the developers state. It seems that with the cost of the lvl 2 clan items (and i'm sure more and even higher costs for each subsequent clan level) how exactly are the clan dues balancing the economy when members will have to scrape together everything they can to actually benefit from a lvl 2 clan.

If I have missed anything, please let me know as I am getting this information second hand.