Have you actually looked at the layout - with the end user in mind?
If you had to use the forum to find answers as an end user (not someone that can pick up the phone and call someone else in the company to come to terms with the problem you have to deal with), would you be satisfied using the forum as it is currently?
Wasted space everywhere @ 2k resolution.
No automated font scaling at 4k.
A timeline tab that takes up a good 20% of the page for no reason what so ever.
coupled to the inability of the end user to be able to quickly tell that a post is from 5 years ago - (let’s start a betting pool on how many old topics will get resurrected!)
automatic nesting of replies that really makes you wonder what is going on, with users replying to themself
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Loss of core information about “WHO” is actually writing.
How will the user know if the post he’s reading is OK advice or just someone that’s trolling them on his/her first forum post?
Epic should probably HIRE A COMPANY to do the job right,
Or at the very least use a qualified person with a modicum of professional background in UI/UX
What’s been done is equivalent to:
“change engine, move data, pop in the base theme because who cares”.
we all care.
Mostly because the forum is the only place to get help, and this is making it virtually impossible.
What is absolutely hilarious is that you have at least 10 people who do web design professionally as forum users for the past few years, some who would even do work for somewhat free in order to be able to actually make use of the darn forum, and instead you just go and make a total mess.
I definitely 
that.