Pretty straight forward I don't know if this is possible with the current system or how coding would be but Zorg you said yourself our biggest goal is to expand the playerbase this year, To do this we need to make it easier to come to the forums and peruse around...instead of making new players have to create a new forum account just link it with their in game account... To avoid the issue of multiple universe players having multiple forum accounts, 1 forum account per ip perhaps? i realize this may cause problems when family members play together and what not if anyone can think of a better idea please comment here...thanks for your time

+1. Why not?

for new players great idea cause when i first started (mostly because of laziness) i did not use forums for months

Hmmmm. This could be fixed by having a forum mod change the thread titles to each topic accordingly, & players pay attention to where they're posting at/in ? (This would mostly apply to introductions & the help sections of the forum "mostly" of course, not to mention be ALOT easier on the Big-Dogs-In-Charge you know)?