Warhammer Online's technically in charge man, Mark Jacobs, has decided to take time out of his day and visit a fan site forum to explain why official forums are pointless.

That's why I don't want to have official forums. Whether it was SOE, Blizzard or us, official or semi-official forums are exactly like I described above for every successful MMORPG that I have played or watched from afar (and that is *most* of them). The unsuccessful ones were even worse. The problem is that most people who read the boards are looking for information and a reasonable number of people want to cause trouble, "grief" the forums or simply get their jollies by saying and doing things that they wouldn't do in real life. As usual, a small percentage of people make life more difficult for everyone else.

I'm not sure why he decided to reiterate this age old battle, but it is his game (and was his company), and so far, he can still do what he wants!  Maybe that's a good thing, everything considered.