Don't purchase yet, Boni. There is no cloth room, and there is no new content. The 'upgraded'  features as explained don’t wardant immediate purchase. Bringing back the simple material room and two updated Cycles shaders aren’t worth almost 200 bucks right before Christmas.

I am very curious about the official stance on Cloth room replacement,  as stripping it out is guaranteed to cost them vendors and customers both, especially without offering alternatives and/or timeline. As hborre says, the community is... unhappy.