HCS do read the forum, so they will have read this. If they feel there is something to add/amend then they do a poll and a new thread announcing it in the game news.
Yes, they do read them, to a certain extent. The sad thing is they only comment on post they usually start. when it comes to massive changes to the game they tend to shy away from them and not add any kind of comment. Like i said in an earlier post in this thread, i have had lots of time to sit back and think about the way it works in this game. Many great ideas have come and go in the forums because either the cows didnt see the merit, or didn't want to do the work to make it so. Like the idea posted by scramble long ago to be able to "tax" gold hits. leveling guilds can tax gold gained from monsters, why can't PvP guilds tax gold takes on PvP hits?