Indeed alot has changed. The warrior 4.0 now procs snow bunny illusion!
Lol serious tho. Instance by far provide less of a headache with progressing your toons then competing for tikki spawns. FG/CG items have been serious nerf to the point one can be flagged in a few hours if not seconds if you just want to buy the whole set. Also a crafting guild has been added. Biggest thing probably is EZ went to legendary status on EqEmu so there is a greater flow of people coming and going on Ez now. And yes, rot bot added to pod so you can hand in 2 of the same items but different classes to the rot bot to get your mold for your class. (example: Leather bp + Silk bp = Bp of your class).
Overall Ez server has become well easier but at the same time persevering the epic enjoyment of what Ez stands for....Good Times.
Cracken
~GL of Classic Composers