Runes of Magic US / AU

75 level cap
65 & 70 elites
diamonds in AH again
Cedric is gone
New CM ( not really new, I guess )
Thalia was moved from Brisbane, AU to Florida

lots more

I am not sure what was the state of the game year ago, but I'd to Ycavan's list:

New dailies are better than Xaviera

Shell stats are keeping with increases, and new X stats are raising the non-endgame gearing power at low cost. EOJs are effectively replacing mementos for stat purposes.

Item shop changes, some negative like removal of ABLs and lack of ruby bonus on most sales, some positive like general reduction of jewel prices and 19 dia puri.

Quoted from "vfwiffo;586126"

Item shop changes, some negative like removal of ABLs and lack of ruby bonus on most sales, some positive like general reduction of jewel prices and 19 dia puri.

Gameforge actually RAISED the price of ALL plussing jewels, then backed off the price a little on a few of them (pink hat is only referring to the slight backoff of the few items). Depending on when you left, the prices of the jewel are 25% to 400% higher.

while im not a fan of the current pricing of the jewels (i liked the old model better. nowadays its half default price for a lot of items with a looot less diamond offers, making it twice as expensive as regular 50% offers combined with regular 100% diamond offers...) , which ones were raised by 400% ?

Quoted from "ycavan;586117"

75 level cap
65 & 70 elites
diamonds in AH again
Cedric is gone
New CM ( not really new, I guess )
Thalia was moved from Brisbane, AU to Florida

lots more

Is ti L60 or 65 elite?

And for him Cedric being gone is less the news then that he was even online, and was selling 15 dias for 300K, then they screwed him up, so we were getting 3 dias for 80K and just couple of weeks ago they decided that Dias NPC is bad idea...

Progression of game is that more and more bad things happens, and rare good things are now thing of the past....

BTW, Welcome back!

Quoted from "YomanROM;586132"

while im not a fan of the current pricing of the jewels (i liked the old model better. nowadays its half default price for a lot of items with a looot less diamond offers, making it twice as expensive as regular 50% offers combined with regular 100% diamond offers...) , which ones were raised by 400% ?

(ruby shop) perfect plussing for low/mid level accessories/jewelry

Quoted from "Whippingboy;586129"

Gameforge actually RAISED the price of ALL plussing jewels, then backed off the price a little on a few of them (pink hat is only referring to the slight backoff of the few items). Depending on when you left, the prices of the jewel are 25% to 400% higher.

No, I am not. I am trying to compare the state of the game year ago to state now. In particular, the introductory (and at that time not yet greatly reduced) price of about 100-120 dias for +16 jewel to the current price of 20-30 dias for such. Other jewel prices show smaller reduction, but there has been some over a year-old prices.

Granted, my memory is not good enough to remember exact details of the game when OP left, but he is L70 so I think overall recollection is accurate when compared to time when TB was the top zone. And he is asking for general trends, not the fine details.

I guess I would add that siege is quite a bit more stable. Yes, I know there are some complaints and some issues, but again, I am looking at general trends, not the problem-of-the-day.

This is one time I have to agree with Rustyx (doesnt happen often). If we told every person asking general questions our specific issues no one would ever want to play the game. What may be an issue for some is a benefit for others.

As for the game....
Siege is a lot better lag wise since the removed the water.
The lvl 60 and 70 elite skills are real nice
The new dailies so not everyone is stepping on each other for dogs is a great option
The new daily in varanas central (training grounds) Is pretty kool and you can get some great stuff for the guild plus Item shop items when you turn in the keys.
And finally dwarfs

Overall come back and try

As a heads up, look up the new ToS that Gamforge is holding you to. Don't rely on the ToS you agree to each time when logging in. You have to abide by the GF ToS which has some different clauses in it.

If I was you I wouldn't log into RoM ever again. Rom is dying run away as fast as you can.