This has, hands down in my opinion, been a horrendous update. Bungie has taken what used to be a clean, aesthetic, and most importantly, FUNCTIONAL forum and turned it into a pale, cluttered mess. The purpose of a Message Board is discussion, and that was also one of the primary functions of the old Bungie.net. Quality discussion requires structure. Structure would mean things like different and separate forums, organized by genre such as "Off-Topic", "Community Discussion", or "Halo 3". These forums would serve as loci for threads, which were discussions about a more specific idea that fit within the greater genre. These threads require structure too, in order to ensure that the discussion within them would unfold in a coherent fashion. This meant that posts were sorted in chronological order from oldest to last, so that the reader could EASILY follow the natural progression of the discussion as it evolved. This would allow for greater understanding when they posted. It also mean that replies to posts within a thread took the form of quoting that person, responding, and having your response appear WITHIN the timeline of discussion. The result? Forums and threads were easily identifiable, navigable, and easy to read. Bungie.next has completely done away with all of that. Posts in a thread are now sorted from NEWEST to OLDEST. Instead of quoting, the primary method of individual response has taken the form of a "reply" feature, in which your comments are hidden from view by a drop down button located beneath the post you've responded to. What's more is that these replies are sorted from OLDEST to NEWEST. It is a contradiction of structure, and it only serves to fragment threads into a series of reply trains. One has to wonder when at which point this makes the concept of the thread redundant in the first place. If you're involved in a discussion, you have to go to the thread, then go to the replies. It's tedious and insane. The abolition of separate and distinct forums by the introduction of hashtags is also pretty ridiculous and pointless. Forums gave threads a chance to live, as well as providing a single convenient location to manage your viewing of them. Needless to say, Private Groups have almost been completely ruined.