Well as a staff member on another game that has both a chat system and a forum, I am amazed by the amount of people that DO take part in this forum. I think that if people want to learn more and more about this game, Im sure they will find their way to the forum eventually...
Although at first I thought making a button, similar to the chat button for the forum, would be a good idea. I thought more and changed my mind. Although i do think that sometimes people can get past over in chat sometimes... the blinking links on the bottom of the chat window are a good idea, and I am sure that I am not the only newer player that used one of them to find my way to the forums for the first time.
It could spare us explaining things to the new players.
Although I think this is a bit rough, I have seen some people go out of their way to help newer people... there just needs to be a more balanced approach i think. And i think that Elements has it all in this regard, so nothing needs changing.