I stopped playing about the same time as you, came back just afore Xmas. There's a massive new area under karajama volcano where you can get the fire cape, obsidian gems, the obsidian sheild (same stats as granite but +5 str to boot) and apparently some maul. There is also a new mage training area just north of the duel arena building (Literally, its about a 30second walk from the bank chests). Barrows has come out, yet to try that. Acient magicks are out, yet to try those as well. Farming is out, looks to be alright for herblore. Whips are the new hotness now, and with the amount of xp you can get with them its crazy. Dragon Scimitar has been released. People are using dragon scimmy or whip and excalibur for training now, as the dragon scimmy spec stops people protect praying, and the whip drains energy. New prayers are out. Smite, retribution, and... some other one. One of them deals damage to nearby enemies when you die, one heals you if you fall below 10%hp (Drains all your prayer though) and smite takes prayer off equal to 1/4 of the damage you deal while you have the prayer on. Oh, prices. Treasure trail stuff has gone down alot. Phats have gone up, ALOT. Law runes have dropped quite a bit. Dragon chain prices rose then fell again, are apparently steady at about 20m each. Dragon axe has come out too, pretty rare. New rings boosting range, magic, attack or strength are out as well. Boots up to rune are out, not many people seem to bother with them though. Dragon Dagger Super poisen is the new hotness too. Many more potions have been added. I think I've missed alot though.