It's basically WoW in 2D format, I'm not sure whether I like it or not, Mir has always had that certain something that kept people going back to it (I played WoW from the very early days to the final days before it became roll-your-face-on-your-keyboard-for-uber-items easy and still ended up back on Mir after) and I can't help but feel this is going that bit too far off of Mir's original look and feel... The mob thing is a great addition, but it's also a major change to how Mir has always been, maybe just something that requires getting used to.
The interface though, scrap that crap for feck sake, that really is a crap version of the big 3D MMO's out there. >_<
The spells etc, ripped from Mir3 or not, look nice, will be interesting to see how they all fit ingame and how powerful they are. Thanks for links/screenies etc.