I love the attention to detail that you've given your site, the textures background, frame borders etc. Nice clean layout, good work.
I agree that the rollover links could be slightly brighter. It's not that you can't read them but it did strike me as a vbit unusual that the links became less bright or darker as you roll over each. It's not a big problem however, and if you like it keep it.
I definitely agree that the links and text up top should appear below the banner. I think it actualy takes away from the strengthof your banner, (which i think is great).
Probably the only comment I'd add is that the font size is really small for me. I'm on 1152x864 and although it is fine for the links, they can be read easily enough, the large blocks of text are a strain to read. I do realise you don't want your users scrolling down too far to read, but maybe something a big more visible.
You might want to give the headings for each page a colour too. At the moment the headings for each page are in white. I'm look at the fan missions page, and as "act one" is written directly below it, you would hardly know it isn't part of the text.
Overall a great site however, and you've laid the framework for a well-thought through gaming site. I'm a gamer myself, and there's nothing more annoying than bad layout. I usually head straight for latest news and "downloads". It's good that the default page is latest news.
