- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: EPhillips
This is clearly a seriously professionally made website, the graphics are amazing, and its a true testament to bungies commitment to their community.
There are a few things that could be better though, that I'd like to point out, I'm sure they've been suggested before, but here we go again.
1) Even on 1024x768 resolution with the taskbar on the side of the screen, the forums dont fill up the width of the page - it might be nicer if they stretched to fill screen resolutions.
True, I agree.
2) Recording post numbers beside peoples avatars would allow people who have been around for longer, and in theory know more, to be more easily recognised, and give an added incentive for people to become board regulars.
They did it once and they won't do it again. Instead of posting meaningful stuff to gain a higher post count people end up posting spam.
3) The website loads up very fast - but thats about the only thing about it that is fast. On my college machines, and even on my 2ghz machine the website scrolls slowly in the browser for some reason.
Use Internet Explorer. Other browsers don't work so well.
4) Theres a lot of clutter with that bar at the bottom aswell as the one at the top - perhaps it could be removed when browsing the forums.
I don't notice any troubles.
5) Custom avatars would be a nice addition, even if it just allows you to link to ones hosted elsewhere, and if the resolutions are strictly limited. Also letting you link to a flash app that displays your stats in your sig might be a cool addition.
I agree. Custom avatars would be very good. Lots of other high-traffic areas use custom avatars with half the moderator support this place has. Why Bungie won't let us do it, I don't know.
5) Smileys
I happen to be a self-described professional spammer. I know, from experiance, that smileys are a very lethal spam mechanism.
Essentially this website is technically more advanced than virtually any on the internet with its game viewer and amazing linking to XBL gamertags, and stat recording, but the forums lack many of the basic features that boards such as those made by vBulletin have.
Increasing the incentive to stay, and personalise your account will make it easier for people to be able to get to know eachother, and build the community in that respect. At present its hard to remember if you have ever seen anyone post before, even when you use your game icon as your avatar.
I agree completely. Custom avatars are a must.