I’d prefer fewer forums personally. I don’t know if I’m typical or not but at hkpro for example I’d only check the NFA and Clone sub forums. I never even look at the others.
Your forums must have a large enough crowd to stay relevant and not appear dormant.
I’d rec’ starting with a couple broad forums...and only later add sub forums once the volume increases and warrants it. Otherwise you are just fragmenting the heck out of the site.
My uneducated 2 cents as a user. I may or may not be typical. Dunno.
You may be right--- but the site is very new--- as it grows, I believe that it is where it will need to be now--- kind of a Nostradamus premonition.
Tony