I don’t know what all the hate is about on the new forum layout, it’s really not that confusing and frankly it’s not all that different from how it was. I can think of dozens of forums far worse than this one when it comes to navigating, etc.
That said, I’m wondering why this wasn’t taken as an opportunity to look in to how the forums can help people find guilds? Why does there still have to be one huge forum for looking for guilds? It would be so much nicer if Guilds and Players each had their own way to advertise or search for each other separately. Guilds should be able to search for new members and players should be able to search for guilds. Being able to filter posts by raiding days/times and progression aspirations would really be a huge help.
The recruitment forum as it is now as antiquated and it’s really just an overwhelming mess for everyone that tries to use it to connect with others.