I started about a year ago, took a break for a couple months, and then came back to find that throwing has completely changed. They severly nerfed throwing, but then they brought it back up, HA seems to be less accurate, archery seems less accurate but more powerful. The items can take up more than one weapon slot so you can't carry as much and made it very hard to do certain builds, like 2h archer for instance. These are just my opservations so if I am wrong then someone feel free to correct me.
And welcome back Fearless