The Wurm Online team is opening a new "epic cluster" for players looking for a new start in the game. Every player will begin at level one. According to the press release, every player and every action they perform will have a profound impact on the game world.
According to Rolf, the idea behind the Epic code is to provide players with a full circle of purpose and something really big to strive for. Even if they don't care about it, every player will be part of a chain of dependencies and every action they perform will be important in the long run. If all you do is farm all the time on a remote settlement, someone some day will come by and ask for food, water or healing and maybe you help a hero in the making. Everybody affects the story in some way in Wurm.
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