Character Differentiation: Crunch v. Fluff

[Zeful]

I like my crunch to be as diverse as the characters. I get bored with the same mechanics for every character, or even very similiar mechanics. 4ed bored me like this, especially since they could have made the abilities much more grandiose and keep it balanced.

I liked exalted for its very wide range of abilities. Same for changeling, shadowrun, D&D 3.P, and etc.

What? Shadowrun has less mechanical diverseness than 4e. Every check is roll X d6, compare, resolve.