I just came back a few days ago myself and all I've noticed is a friends list (finally), more server lag, and more spam bots.
Oh and some more options stuff. Different cursors, etc.

1337/2000 fame on my Warrior.
It's been nice playing again after such a long break, but the lag spikes are terrible... I'm thinking it might be partially due to all the rain we've been getting the past week or so, because a lot of people I've talked to say they aren't experiencing any lag.

Haven't played in a while. More spam bots? How the hell is that possible?

It is. These fuckers now pm you every 10 mins or so. The owners of those shops need to sit on a cactus and rotate.

And every time you re-enter the Nexus.
Also, the multi-boxers are everywhere now.

Yea instant got msg'd by a spambot
Isnt there a Filterlist yet? .. They need to bring this

That's pathetic.. Last time I was on, the huge trading area was 80% bots buying and reselling, spamming the entire time. Can only imagine it now..

Oh no. These pms are different. They are for those websites selling realm items an potions for actual $$. I think some of them bypass the /ignore too. I swear I've ignored some of the same names more than once...

I have done 500+ udl without a dbow.... This is killing me. I'm ready to just stop trying....

Do your dailies and use your loot tier/drop potions. That's all that can be done to help speed up the process, sadly.