>I'd actually argue it makes *more* sense for most characters
>to know these largescale events (which would be the 'talk of
>the town' so to speak) than it does for your character to know
>most of the area/lore information many veterans do when they
>role up a character.

I agree 100%, and I very much appreciate it. There are quests that happened years ago that I *still* have nearly zero clue about other than maybe the end result. The problem with people dissapearing that have knowledge of the quest causing it to stagnate also should be at least partly alleviated by this.