Bungie, have you considered making a version of your website with access to the forums that does not use Java? The reason I ask is because if, for whatever reason (I'm paranoid, the government is tracking me, etc.) I want to visit your website via a proxy (or Tor browser) Java poses a security risk. Perhaps such an option already exists and it merely has to be pointed out to me.
Our site doesn't use Java. It uses JavaScript extensively, though. Despite the name similarities, they aren't the same thing. But to answer your question, bungie.net requires JavaScript to work.