There are a few small updates to the abandoned mines:
1. You (and the player visiting the mine) will get an exp boost
if there are not many mines in that continent. When the amount
of mines reaches a certain limit (subject to change), the bonus
will be gone. That means if you for example put your mine in
Rothikgen and there are three mines there, and 10 similar in
Laenor, the one in Roth will yield better exp for all.
2. You can now see if somebody has entered your mine in the last
10 minutes or so, if the sign at the entrance has been
"disturbed". This doesn't reflect the state of the mine whether
it's empty or not, just that somebody was there recently.
3. Mountain range type has a small chance to spawn as a 'normal',
and for that a certain formidable foe living in there no longer
hunt players down so eagerly, making it a bit safer to traverse.