Yeah I'm in the same boat (nicehash refugee) and I'm starting to love awesome miner. Profit seems to be way up compared to nicehash. The latter I don't want to use again.
Well profits are up in a lot of coins as nicehash had a lot of hashrate directed towards it and now all of that is scattered in every direction. I seriously didn't like hashrate. Yes, they were kinda good for the miners and they switched to the most profitable coin but that actually ruined it everyone else as it kept messing with the difficulty of the coins.
Moreover, they're were actually ripping off their miners. For a long period of time, the most profitable coins stayed the same and the people mining on NiceHash earned much less because that's what they do. They gave you much less than you potentially could. And that wasn't enough for there greedy asses, they even took fees when you withdraw your earnings.
I hated it and I'm so glad that it's gone. I'm not if it actually got hacked or they just decided to buy a small island in the pacific. But I think they didn't need to do that as they were making so much money already. Guys please don't give so much hash power to a certain company again. Look for the coin you want and mine it yourself then sell it when the price rises. You earn more this way.