subscribe to forums, subforums, or topics
max of 20 of each type of subscription per user
remove subscriptions in User CP

edit: option to remove subscriptions directly
linked to game (only receive "updates" of new posts in areas you've subscribed to)
more efficient information parsing and storage
updates stored until user logs into game
reading topic directly => update not sent to user in game
marking all forums as read removes all updates
multiple updates on same topic compiled prior to being sent to user in game

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