I've been playing the new version (at Normal difficulty level) and having a lot of fun with it. I like the new Tonks, Astoria and Cho content. I've progressed Hermione up to level 24, but still have quite a bit more to do in the game.
One thing it took me a long time to realise was that completing a report now only earns you 40 gold pieces rather than 60. Even with supplementary income from the Weasleys and from sometimes making Hermione work, I've found I've been very restricted in the number of outfits I've been able to afford to buy for Hermione. Talking of outfits, it seems that it's no longer possible to get Tonks to modify certain outfits for you, or if it is I haven't been able to unlock it.
Am I right in thinking that there's no longer any benefit from buying and reading fictional books? What makes me wonder is that the third "public shaming" event for Hermione is still only showing as "a vague idea".
Finally I'm wondering why, though it's still possible to craft the cat and Luna transformation potions as well as the cum addiction potion, it's no longer possible to use them. (That might apply to Imperio as well, but I haven't tried that yet.) They seemed to work perfectly well in 1.36, so why take them out of the game?