Kay, now that I finally managed to play without lag I can give some (valuable?) contribution to the thread.
I bet that most of the stuff was said already but oh well.
Story - no new episodes so don't really know if anything has changed (I highly doubt it).
"Troll" fights - now they give lots of cash, hey, good change, but in the same time the exp was taken away, which right now, with the cap being increased suck. At least getting girls seem easier right now(?).
Level cap - in general good change as I was sitting at level 40 for months already.
Arena battles - nothing has changed? Although I've noticed getting less mojo for fights.
Harem & items - income from girls seems to reward active players more right now and that's what I have to say on that topic. Today I've got a first new girl, I was happy until I saw she requires 855 affection to reach 1st star (I'm at 56 girls now). Quick math - 8 x green lingerie (41k each) + a green bracelet... 353k for a star + the cost of upgrade which was 180k. 533k for a single star... Being at items - it's hard to consider that regular pachinko got buffed because of adding other rarity items to it as none of them will get your money back - beside 0.00001% (:v) legendary items.
Buying stats is dirt cheap and I bet that many players are already capped.
As a long time player (1year) I don't really like these changes but maybe I'm getting old and grumpy, meh.
Edit since I forgot - missions giving 25 kobans as a reward are cool. Gives us opportunity to get those juicy event girls but at the same time makes contests a bit meh.