Library/Bookshelf Wallpaper

[pistolshrimp]

I believe there is an old thread kicking around on crafting paper that turned into crafting books, my thoughts are that I don't really see the point.

There is a lot of stuff i have to write down outside of the game which is game-related - just to name some:
- the elemental values of my purity pots
- locations of interest (purity nodes of stuff foraged)
- how-to's

apart from that stuff, you could do:
- price lists for trading
- plain propaganda
- write stories/diaries
- make (location-)puzzles
&c.

The game calls itself a "sandbox"-MMO. IMHO this would be a very nice "sandbox"-aspect.

Is it really more efficient to write your in-game information in a book, then write down which book/ where you put that book irl if you want to check your pots? Or give someone a book to read about your trade prices, to have to write a new book each time you update?

Here's the crux of my agrguement, we have a forum where almost all of this can be done more efficiently. I see the forum as part of he game, not a separate entity. You can write books and how-tos, location puzzles and what not. Have you done so?