[TimberFloorAu]

Well lets look at the different aspects:

as it stands vb suite defaults to forum folder with forum and content (.php) being the landing pages

Seems weird to me that a suite sits in a folder natively.

Therefore if you look at link depth, vb as it stands defies the old common rules.

So in my view a landing page in the domain root as a portal to other areas of your site should not detract or indeed hurt you.

From an seo perspective its like anything, if you try and spam the system, your gonna get penalised, but if it stands on its own merits in place of a redirect then why not ?

Ste