Your arguement is clear.
Well okay, so maybe handle it a bit different.
Guests can read all topics.
Everyone is allowed to register. Its completly free 4 everyone.
As registered you can write as well.
But adding the abillity to link your forum account to your game account somehow (maybe by filling a field on modify forum profile or even steam connect).
If you do so and enter a valid name/serial/whatever you get pfff something like err "Gentleman and scholar" an icon, or maybe you have more information about your "epic" family tree etc, in your profile... there a plenty ways for such things.
Since epic is something i bet no cracked version will get you on the battlegounds (maybe on small pirated battlegrounds, but who cares about those shitty stuff).
That way players would have the possibility to valid their game on the forum, and if there is a mod community and the stuff I wrote the posts before, you can still filter the users rights, but dont leave out any person outside of the forum/without validation..
Well if you want to use more board function you may have to link your epic character - shouldnt be a problem for real gentlemans.
You lost your old forum account?
Create a new one with small disadvantage and make a support request validating that the old account belongs to yours, by simply validating with a small part of the cd key wouldn't be a problem at all.. or am I wrong?
Getting to the Paradox system, I'm sry, I never checked that board out..
all I know is that I can read everything on their site and that's all I need from Paradox forums (I'm not an m&b dev at all so I dont have to check out much stuff there)
Well assuming mods are restricted to bullshit like weapon skins and voice stuff, etc -> they can just make it compatible with steam workshop... >.>
In that case, they can just ignore our small discussion and we can stop right here