I felt that BM had a nice balance(I'm prolly biased
). Letting you know which rites were active and who to talk to to start them without actually leading you through every detail. With so many non working entries it kept you from wasting time. If all of the encyclopedia were completed discovery would be more fun. Taking most missions would lead you somewhere. As it stands most missions are more annoying then entertaining. It's why we tell new players that Ryzom is not a quest based game.