Let's all try and make a list of the good the bad, the pros and cons, the do's and don'ts out of the east and west. For example I think western MMO game mechanics are pretty superior to eastern MMO mechanics, however aesthetically eastern MMOs seem to have a nice shiny "ooooh look at me!" kind of feel to them, a really nice sense of "appeal" to the GFX unlike overclocked AoC graphics with 20 different shaders piled on for added awesome sauce.
I have yet to tangle with stigmas, but I thought even WARs mastery system was as close as it got to "simplifying" class customization. Or does NCsoft plan to raise the level cap so high they're going to turn stigmas into trees o.o!
Also to top things off, if you're feeling a little daring: what would you add to an MMO to make it more original/fun?
