Very excited about the new changes - really loving the easier-to-read text.
My campaign is a few weeks in using 1st Edition rules. And things are going fine. I'm liking the Wizards mention on P171. As some may know, we have a wizard (Dunadan mentored by Gandalf) character in our company and I've been amused that the players have encountered a band of Orcs, a legion of Wights, and a family of evil dwarves and he hasn't used the magic once.... just like Gandalf.
Excited!