I've been a sub to AoC since launch, and I have logged aprox 3000 hours playtime since 2008.
I recently started a new alt from scratch, and for the past few weeks I have leveled him to 80 and played through Khitai a few times in order to gear him.
During those few weeks, I've been "stuck" maybe 50 times, stuck in the sense I don't quite remember how this works, where stuff drops, how to trigger quests HMs and so on. Every time I got stuck, I googled it, and found the answer within 20 sec.
The problem is that all the threads containing useful info has the following text written on top of the page:
"This forum is closed and serves only as an archive.
This archive will be available until July 1st, 2013.
The new forum can be found at http://forums.ageofconan.com "
If a veteran like myself need these resources so much, what about newbies? There are TONS of useful stuff in the old forums, and let's be honest, practically nothing useful in the new ones.
I think we will lose too much when the old forum goes. How much will it cost to keep it online as a read-only archive? Please?
To be honest, I don't even know if I can play the game without it, it's been THAT useful for me over the past few weeks.