over the course of using Xenogamers forums for 7 years now, I can say change is not a bad thing, but people will always have issues accepting the changes though, just be happy the community has survived this long and the forums are still active, i cant say the same for rival communities back when xG first started.
I do miss the ability to change my own username which was a feature back in 2011-2012, and i do miss the profile music, right now the forums to me do feel incomplete, profile settings are just a mess to navigate and i feel like there is little diversity for profile optimization.
The forums are much easier on the eyes than they used to be, although at first look it can be confusing to navigate, but once you figure it out its very simple and easy to find what you're specifically lookings for.