The World

The world
The world in EoC isn't the usual one; in other MMOs, you have a world where people, mobs, even trees respawn. In EoC it's different. The world is one living organism and everything changes all the time; the world will never be the same after your actions.

Life & death
Life and death will play a big role in Embers of Caerus; where in other games things respawn, in EoC they stay dead. For example: If you have a lot of wolves near your settlement, then kill them all and you won't see them again for a long while. Life will be important, too, since when you plant a tree it will grow and stay (this isn't confirmed, but thought about).

Size
Aaldnarech (the continent shown in the videos) will probably be around 61.25 x 61.25 kilometers. This means that world will be huge and that there will be enough for everyone to explore. The devs have even mentioned on the forums that people will spend years discovering every corner of the world and finding all the hidden things-- though that might be a bit exaggerated.