Yup it has been awhile since this site's news was updated.
I had taken a break from all things AO while delving into World of Warcraft to the detriment of just about everything 
Anyhow I started back in AO which to say the least is in a bit of a sad state. Although it continues to be updated and patched the population has fallen considerably over the years to a point that well, its pretty lacking now. Mostly I think this is due to the Graphics Update still not being in the game, although I still to this day say for the age of the Game (Anarchy Online celebrated 10 years in June of this year) it still looks rather good. Hopefully they will get that graphics update done and ingame so that some folks will come back and try it out.
Some changed I noticed since I returned....
Tradeskill Composite Nanos ... Such as A composite nano which allows you to buff all your medical skills (Treatment and First Aid for 2 of those skills), a Composite nano for Tradeskills (like Pharma Tech).
Funcom of course made AO also a Free to Play game many moons ago and that is still going on. As well as they have added an ingame store to the game which I really haven't looked at. As a paid account I don't feel the need to furnish money to Funcom in this fashion.
Anyhow figured I'd post an Update.