I like this suspended feeling, not knowing and being led on creates for a better storyline. I wouldn’t say their goofballs though, after talking with other notable people over Twitch it seems like Waypoint was already forgotten about many years ago.
Abandoning the forums isn’t a bad idea but it does incur cost to the host especially since we know this is enterprise level Discourse which state on their site is nearly $300+ a month (but for Halo with this Xbox sign in probably pushing $500 or higher)