You're original post (and actually many of your replies), implies you don't really want to play. And a vague question, will get all kinds of replies. Your original question is similar to someone asking, how do I succeed in real life?
Or more aptly, I've been asleep for a few years, can someone tell me all the changes that have happened. Asking specific, or at least specific to one area, even if general to that area, will get alot better results.
The first thing to do, is read information directly from the game, i.e. Patch notes, which can be found here at Alla's under the
New link in the links on the left, at the top, or get them directly from Sony at
forums or
EQPlayers, as well as many other places.
Once you're back in-game, there are NPCs in PoK you can talk to get information about new changes as well.
And most of posters here are more than happy to answer questions, but please try to narrow the topic range down. Your original question would require a guide in and of itself to answer, and is why you were directed to them. Also read the sticked New / Returning Players thread.
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And if you read any of the threads here, you'll find that people are generally polite and try to answer questions. You can always just play the game and discover what's new as well.
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Yther Ore.
Edited, Feb 17th 2009 5:18pm by Yther