These forums should be preserved as an archive, for the BG3 EA and for all their previous titles, then set up new boards for the full BG3 release.
In about a week all the EA material and discussions are going to be outdated anyway, and there's a pretty good chance that internal links and 3rd party image hosting will end up busted sooner rather than later, making what's here a lot less useful. Currently the search function doesn't really work, the boards are slow, and I'm sure there are security issues from trying to keep it running well past it's expiration date lol. If the goal is to keep things cozy and avoid spambots, they could easily have a "Public" section for perspective buyers and an "Owners" section for people who actually purchased the game. This would cut down on people who only show up to play provocateur or who want to bomb the forums with wedge issues and vitriol. Not that it wouldn't still go down, but probably not to the same extent we've seen on say the Steam boards hehe.
Just seems like something they should try to get ahead of, because I'm sure there's going to be a big influx next month. Discord is cool and all, but it's really not the same. It's not archival and doesn't work well for long form discussions of the sort that Dungeons & Dragons players often delight in. I like the new emojis and the new banner header and such, but they could do a lot more.
