This may as well be viewed as the official start of Darkfall beta. This last patch fixed the persistence bug, thus allowing us to actually keep our stuff after crashing/logging off. It also seems that the GUI is far quicker to load, as are the load screens themselves.
We've already formed "The Kingdom of Hyperion" with RSS in-game. To any and all with an interest in Darkfall, feel free to join us there and in Teamspeak!