Hey, I'm 26 and I'm playing PoE for the first time. I tried it for a few levels with a friend a decade ago, and clearly didn't like it as much as he did.

I've seen some streamers from other games try out POE and often love it, get too into it, and get burnt out. Or figure out all the secrets, metagame it and get bored etc. I suspect it will take me a long time to learn all of that stuff.

I'm starting in Ancestor League (patch 3.22?) Leveling up a Witch that's meant to be an Elementalist... Maw of Mischief? Hard to keep it all clear. I ignored a lot of the build advice due to plain ignorance and I mostly have fire spells. I'm thinking about restarting but I read there's a Library quest at the end of Act 3 that would give me access to all the spells I mistakenly didn't choose for my build. 😅

Life is a bit hectic right now and POE is incredibly relaxing so far, so I hope I can keep it up and take my shallow and slow dive into this game and the wider genre, since I have the most hours in... FPS games. And WoW, years ago. I am just plain foreign to RPGs and that fresh and new discovery is like candy for my brain. 😋