i can answer as a d2 player, other stuff you have to ask someone else

so!
theres no rushes of any kind, you can technically get rushed and avoid most of the game, but due to the lvl difference design, you cant really avoid the time spent

not like in d2 where you could get rushed to hell diablo in 5 minutes and then lvling to 80 in an hour. here even if you took some high xp map like poorjoys, you would still need a decent enough lvl to get xp at all

you wont find parties like in d2 as poe doesnt really encourage party play

as a d2 player you might find it very solitary

oh and duels you can forget about, pvp doesnt work for shit here
