POE1 is the ARPG Goat. I think POE2 will get there at some point but it's lacking end game right now.

They are releasing the Druid class in a few days. A lot of people are excited for that. I'll be playing some to test that out.

The thing I love most about POE1 is that I have over 2k hrs into it and I still find things I didn't know. Every new league I play a different build and farm a different mechanic.

Kudos for playing HC though. I can't bring myself to do that... defense is so complicated in POE1 and 2 that it makes playing HC something that I can't ever see. You'll die out of nowhere and have no clue what killed you. If you're into Twitch streamers, watch Zizeran as he is probably the biggest HC POE streamer.