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.
Another thing that makes it harder that I forgot to mention is that I'm playing at over 200 ms from where I'm from. :( Seems there's no servers closer than california for some reason.
Oh yeah. Its crazy to try HC with that ping! I suffer some because im in rural US and have satellite as my only option so even in the same state as the server im getting 50+ ping and lag spikes to 200+ playing low ping and high ping makes such a huge difference.