I've come to realize that Funcom's belief of the playerbase being informed is by posting whatever it is they want to inform us of on the bulletin boards.

If there is a major issue that is causing players to lose money or equipment, I'd think the logical thing would be a MOTD type effort to inform the playerbase of the issue. When we'd log on to AO we'd get a message saying that yes, you know there is a major issue and that no, you are informed and warned and what not and to stop complaining about it now as we look into it. The global echos do not work as they only inform whoever is logged on. And I'm sure there are a lot of players who do not bother to read the forums. I can't imagine a MOTD would be hard to implement, and have just wondered why there isn't one.