It always seemed to me that they have entirely different locations for their forum servers and their Wow servers. I don't remember the forums ever being slammed b/c of network traffic caused by the game. And their forums seemed to handle the BC release just fine. If so, I don't get their rationale. They have the ability to sticky and close important announcements, so I don't see how restricting the ability to post would curtail their ability to communicate.
I wonder if they're taking a page from Mythic, who chose not to have official forums. I suppose it makes sense. Official MMO forums always seem to always turn into into a hive of negativity ruled by a mob mentality.
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