i don't know if this is a topic that's come up b4 as i'm still very new to the whole official user name thing (made for exit path) but maybe there needs to be a private messaging feature on the website.
that way it is AP free and people can talk or disclose info like (email adresses/xbox live accounts/AIM's) to people they've become good friends with w/o others being able to see it. Cause i don't particularly want to post it on someone's wall only to have them delete it once they read it b/c the delete button hasn't been working for my wall the last few times i've tried.
all that plus people could chat w/o spamming for AP. i know ur prob not wanting like a gaming facebook here but it might help w/ a lil bit of the work
Given that PMs are a very standard feature of a forum, it might be added sometime in the future. For now, the devs are working on the mysterious "ArmorGames v3.0", and we don't know what they might do with that.