Nevrax has added a new feature to the official Saga of Ryzom website - Editorial Notes.  Nevrax CEO and Creative Director David Cohen Corval will be regularly posting items to give you a peek behind the scenes.  The first item, available here, discusses "The Vision of Ryzom":

In Ryzom we want to give players the opportunity to enter a world where their actions can truly shape the make-up of the planet and the even the storyline. It's fine to read about heroes, but it's much better to be the hero yourself! We've tried to sculpt a world which really feels real; where each player has different experiences, where creatures have their own behaviour patterns and quest experiences can be different for each individual and not merely just a virtual medal to say they've gone down exactly the same road as thousands of players before them and thousands of players after them.

The Saga of Ryzom is currently in open beta in anticipation of a June release.  Visit the official website at this link.