The biggest simplification comes with magic. Add that to a deadlier combat and new special abilities and you get a really fast action. Tracking skills is easier as well. Another thing that greatly benefits gaming sessions is fast character upgrading. Leveling used to take a lot of time for some groups. Now you usually upgrade a part of your character at the time and that makes the whole process much faster. We will post a video with step by step character creation and also how to upgrade your character, almost like a tutorial.
