Yea, we do need a "somewhat" list of LTC's that wont be appearing [i know that ARK's, even in their great wisdom, are indeed still human, even if it doesn't seem like it], but i guess going through and adding all the LTC's as your friends could help aswell to see when they are online. as for RK1 being the role play server now, that might be because its the first server that appears when you download the client [was for me], so knowing human laziness, or just wanting to hurry up and play, that could be one reason of it. Still, RK2 has a more broader, and maybe accepting Role Player base [just look at Nulion
].
also, if the re-structuring also means replacing some of the old LTC players with new ones, could the old player leave notes on how the character was. mainly so we wont notice a change?