The following improvements have been made so far:

Vehicles are now available in the spawn area for purchase.
The Item Bank has been returned along with its NPC's
The Experience bank has been returned along with its NPC's
BC Crystals are back find them when mining.
XP Ore is back find them when mining redstone.
Death Chests are re-added and now have a 5 minute timer after death.
VIP's can TP Back to their death chests after 10 seconds.
You can now Bottle your XP using empty bottles on a enchantment table.