I have tried and tried to like the new format but all the main forums are just a cluttered mess. I can only imagine what this place will be like after Destiny launches. I understand the purpose of the change but this community simply was not ready for it. Just take a look around at all the main forums, it's painfully clear that Bungie should be in control and not the users. The old format allowed everyone to communicate in a fairly simple manner without the clutter.
You can say it's our fault and I would agree but something needs to happen.
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Edited by Achronos: 8/5/2013 12:22:34 AMBungie wasn't in control before. We tried for nearly a decade, but there are too many of you and too few of us. The choice was to lock down discussion to only approved topics and rule with an iron fist or find a way to leverage the scale of our user base against forum griefing. As I've said before - thanks to the mute/hide feature, my forum view is excellent and uncluttered. I hide topics I don't care to see, alts don't bother me, even #Offtopic is pretty reasonable now. The forums are what you make of them. What needs to happen is that you need to get to moderating your own view. You can make the forum look however you want it.