I actually have had an account there pretty much from the beginning. I've maybe posted once because, well, Waypoint was absolutely horrible to use. This improvement could get me posting, but on top of its past problems, the forums in general were and are a lot like the Bungie.net forums in the sense that the threads and conversations over there are just the worst. I've signed in to PM.

I also don't sign in out of principal because it's obnoxious to me that I can't view my stats without signing in. Inconvenient and illogical. Are they doing it for hits? To try and use me as an internal statistic to see just how frequently I want to see my stats? Screw that. Bungie.net was the stats kingdom of Halo stats. And they let me view my stats for any game at any time anywhere without having to sign in, especially on computers or networks that I didn't quite deem as secure and safe.

: What's this Reddit/Twitter/Facebook crap? What happened to the buddy system?
: Why do I have to go to someone's profile page to PM them? Why can't I see
: the posts someone has made that others have thanked/liked? Why can't I
: select the page of a thread I want from the sub-forum page? Hell, why
: can't I quick-navigate to, say, page seven of eighteen in a long thread?
: What's all this ugly white space and plain font? It's visual porridge...
: *Looks around HBO*

lol. I like how there are some real, legit points in there along with the humor.

: I retract that last complaint, but my opinion is that the Waypoint forums
: took a turn for the worse. If you could have paired up the old visual
: style and features with the new blazingly-fast forum loading and searches,
: I'd be happy to call Waypoint home.
: *Shakes old man cane*

Eh, I see why, but I feel like it does flow better and seems to really flesh out well. The old visual style would be a good thing if they could put it in as an option instead of just going straight across the board with their new format, but who knows if they'll ever do that.