[CyberAlien]

Originally Posted by ShawnV

I have have several phpBB boards phpbb-rpg and they are continually hacked and hard to update if heavily modified and I am in the process of switching them all over to vBulletin.

You must be using very old version then, as last security issue that could cause forum to be hacked was found more than 2 years ago. People are always complaining about phpbb being hacked, but then they install few years old version using fantastico or any other auto installer because they are very lazy to install normal version themselves.

Hard to update? There is a code changes list for every release, and it is in easily readable text form. Every vBulletin update has much more code changes than all phpBB 2 updates within a year, and doesn't provide any code changes.

Then you are using phpbb-rpg, not phpBB, so don't blame phpBB for bugs and problems of third party overmodded version. Its not phpBB you are using.

Back to topic: I suggest to go with phpBB 2. Its stable and safe, if you keep up to date, but don't forget to install some anti-spam mod. There is an upgrade script from phpBB 2 to vBulletin, so you can upgrade whenever you'll get money for vb license.