You will play this game for 1000s of hours. Your first character will be garbage. Your second character will be garbage. You will farm. You will fall in love with this game.
Community is pretty active, global chats are always full.
Very nice, very customizable game. You can choose ANY path, and make it work. PoE is a great game, but it will take up all of your time. If you are looking for a primary game that you can play for many hours, PoE is that perfect game.