I, personally, would not want to trawl through endless pages of threads just to find that ETS mod I always wanted (using ETS as an example)
Would you like to crawl through 100+ pages of PC gaming-related threads and then give up as it has a different thread name than you first thought? I know I wouldn't.
Having more sub-forums means the place is organised and everything has it's place. What are the consequences of having more sub-forums? Only two come to mind.
1) A few more KB's on the server.
2) A few seconds more to get to the sub-forum you want to get to.
Diablo/Baldy (I forget who it was!) Spent a lot of time organising the forum to be more user friendly and I think we should all applaud the work and effort of that man.
Just two rhetorical questions for you to consider, mate.
How many requests were posted in threads before the sort-out?
How many requests are posted in the incorrect forum after the sort-out?
That's my perspective on things, at least. Evidently yours is on the other end of the spectrum.
~Sponge