Diablo III really has nothing on Path of Exile at this point other than graphics
You said you haven't played Path of Exile in over a year? Well, that's a mistake most people make when they cast judgement on Path of Exile. In the past year they revamped THE ENTIRE Endgame system along with adding subclasses that further provide more build diversity, and what has Diablo III done since then? Added a new season, a paid character class, and a special throwback event. The PoE developers truly love their game and community and aren't muddled by corporate greed or anything that has crawled up Blizzard's ass recently, and will continue to update their game with meaningful features.
I know you're probably talking about Diablo II but at this point Path of Exile and Diablo II are almost head to head in terms of quality of the gameplay, hell most of the team that are developing PoE are hardcore Diablo II fanatics/developers.
This game text a little while to REALLY get the swing of things IE the gems/skills linking them and how to read em. The passive tree, the ascendancy classes, flasks and the end game stuff ect ect. And of course the path of exile currency. Once its all understood its beyond fun, like...beyond fun and I still play Diablo I/hellfire Diablo II/LOD and two on going mods for each game and this is my favorite Action role-playing game but right and barely infront of Diablo II.
Fun fact: David Brevik one of the co-founders of Blizzard and the creator of Diablo actually went on to be the CEO of Gazillion Entertainment who made Marvel Heroes 2016 which is an MMO marvel version of Diablo, then left the company a year or so ago and now is on the Path Of Exile team.

Dec
Shapers orbs are permanent like bandit rewards
Can you use multiple shapers orb on the same map? i.e. Tier 1 to 11 with 2 shaped orbs.

Nov
Really glad you tried Path of Exile
Check out some guides for new players and just start playing. If you like games like Diablo, Torchlight, and others, this is really fun.

Dec
All that the jewel sockets and Clayshapers are a pretty big investment
getting jewels will be hard, and without them you cant really play arround Golems, unless you go normal summoner first then switch.

Oct
Same with giving Path of Exile bosses a resolve bar
A voidheart jugg will lose some damage but not really care that hydra is poison immune, a Path of Exile chaos barrage or spectral throw will be able to kill hydra but will have to actually play the game

Oct
The Best Path of Exile Gamer Store to buy POE ORBS
Do you need to fast get Cheap POE ORBS?If you want to get enough orbs quickly, Poe4orbs is a trustworthy store to provide you with a large number of Path of Exile currency.

Oct
Path of Exile Useful Tips 03 - Don't give up ignored gear
Hi, here is Poe4orbs. This time we will tell you how to use the ignored equipment.