Integration with Lodestone

From Lodestone you need to click the forum link (new window), then click SE button for log-in page (new window), then log-in, and wait for a redirect. All this even when you were already logged into Lodestone. Seems excessive. If you are logged into Lodestone, forums should be one click away - and integrated into Lodestone.

Where is the rate up button?

It would be nice if you could use your character name as well. Since the forums don't allow spaces, there are going to be a lot of collisions.