I had a rope attached to a tree, when I broke the tree down the rope stayed hanging in mid air.

It just makes sense, that if the block above the rope is broken, the rope should break.

Initially, Ropes were supposed to break in a chain, similar to Scaffolding, but back then I struggled with the neighbor detection logic. After playing a bunch and seeing people build, I felt as if Ropes being able to "float" like 1.16 Chains do was a nicer mechanic.

This might be revisited someday. Thanks for suggesting!