This puts the responsibility to check every Forums post on the player themselves. I myself had to report the same bug for 4+ months before it ever made it on the known issue list… I’m pretty sure it was a confirmed bug as well. While at least 5-10 others reported the same bug. Your time is not anymore valuable than your players.
Please bring this back…
Even if you aren’t going to keep the thread updated. Just have the link to the known issues. That way folks can comment on one thread of known issues of the community, that is completely different from what the devs know are the issues.
Every single change you make to bug reporting may help stream line issues. But the time reduction you’ve seen from your Reports for bug issues is due to the reduction of people willing to make a report more than anything else.