i do

I agree it needs a major rework.

At the moment it may work in their favour, I'm waiting on the patch and looking to see what is going on and its hard to find what topics go in what sections. Not that I find the look is bad just the lay out and navigating it is just bizarre.

Agreed.

The actual thread design and features is nice (easy to see which ones you've read and which got new replies though I am missing a forum->subforum->etc index at the bottom just like the top one) but the overall layout for the forums is HORRIBLE. You cant go around mixing languages ffs!

IMO it need to be redone to be Language (have a default option please)->Top-to-bottom list of main forums->Possible subforums for each main forum.

Seriously, the one over at ZOS who approved this and thought it was good design should get a slap in the face.

I don't find navigation to be an issue - just click on the last tag, not an orange one, to stay in the sub forum you are in. Otherwise, click on 'forums', to go to a new sub forum.

The search function could possibly be better. I haven't used it myself but, assuming the OP did a search to see if "a thread to voice our dislike of the forum layout" and didn't find the many others that already exist, then yes, it could definitely be improved.

It's got an abnormal layout.

Thank you for your response, @ZOS_TristanK‌! I appreciate that. It's good to know that the developers and mods are paying attention to player feedback.

Agreed. Thankfully, even as I post, they are refurbishing the forum. Yipee!

It took a marathon to be able to register for this forum. Started to register: got to the page that asked for an invitation code. Thought to myself "what the **** is an invitation code?" Looked all around the forum and ESO... no information regarding an invitation code. Could not even simply ask the question on the forum as a guest.

Had to google and check other sites if there was an answer. Found like minded souls who couldn't get an answer either. Had to put in a ticket with support to ask them (and they did get back to me fairly quickly). Was told to look in my spam folder. I knew that it wouldn't have gone there as the activation and confirmation emails came to my in box OK.

Decided to look at deleted. Surely, there it was. It had come in French with a link. I'm a bloody Aussie! The only thing French that I know are the fries at McDonalds! So I had deleted it as a spam email along with the Russian brides on offer and the erectile dysfunction remedy that I may need if I was going to accept the Russian brides!

Surely there has to be some method of consistency when it comes to the language used.

Well, I'm on now and this is my first post. Hopefully the first of many.

I will add that there needs to be a language selection IMO, not have every single language a different forums. there is so much clutter.

THIS FORUM LAYOUT IS AWFUL, NO OFFENSE. IT REALLY IS.
it always makes me giggle when people say, "No offense". Off course its offensive
But yea people already commented on the layout, multilinguality etc. Looking forward to their updates!

They should set it up with 3 separate forums, one for each languages and then sub forums for race, skills, craft, guides, and a few more, that'll make it so much easier to browse.

Its so difficult to find anything, and I have even stopped trying

As it sits right now, im finding myself looking to other places to find the information/help I need to progress in the game.

It needs a General Discussion Forum for each language and about two dozen less sub forums.

I like the colors but yes layout is confusing. I can't find the threads I found yesterday for example. There are German and French posts at the same time which confuses me as someone with focusing problems.
Yesterday there was Guild Recruiting, Add-On etc categories. Can't find them today. I am propably missing something but still this layout causes me to miss something.

The main problem is that there's no 'Participated Discussions' option. Which is weird, as it was there in the beta forums. The combination of different languages isn't really a huge deal. I also find though that every time you go to a new page, 6-7 topics from the last page show again. One would be sufficient, two amply so. Any more is seemingly deliberately confusing.

I have been playing these games for over a quarter century since the days of BBS dial up. This is sadly one of the worse forums I have ever had the displeasure to attempt to read. The template used for the beta forums were great. I do not understand why something that was not broken has been turned into this trash heap. I do hope that outlets like IGN and PC Gamer will weigh in on this monstrosity. Moving forward into the post launch era this will become the ESO front page. It is what new players will see and judge the game by. They will see a forum that reeks of fail, of uber fail at that. This claptrap will cost ZOS subscriptions. I care too much about this franchise to see it sullied by this abomination. I certainly hope that the powers that be will rectify this hideous error. After all, how hard could it be to simply revert to the beta template?