In my opinion the persistent history is one of the attributes which makes Ryzom special and different. For me as a new player now nearly 3 years ago it was an amazing experience to read all the names of guilds and players from a then about 7 year long history, for example at the memorial steles for the crafters and fighters of the temple wars. So many of these players had vanished, some of them we even lost in RL as I was told by their friends. And a couple of them was still around.
Meeting those people and reading these memories - on the planet and in the forums and archives - was a great experience making this game unique in comparison with mainstream stuff with its pre-cooked storyline where the player circled in a closed time loop.
While the steles and inscriptions are gone (maybe one should think of a place to let them reappear, kind of Aniro, Arispotle, and Leanon museum), it would be cruel to wipe the memories as well. And it would deprive us of something valuable.
Meeting those people and reading these memories - on the planet and in the forums and archives - was a great experience making this game unique in comparison with mainstream stuff with its pre-cooked storyline where the player circled in a closed time loop.
While the steles and inscriptions are gone (maybe one should think of a place to let them reappear, kind of Aniro, Arispotle, and Leanon museum), it would be cruel to wipe the memories as well. And it would deprive us of something valuable.
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Daomei die Streunerin - religionsneutral, zivilisationsneutral, gildenneutral