Pros:
- Huge variety of skills and skill combinations
- trading system makes getting the items for your build easy and not dependent on luck unlike diablo 3
- Economy Simulator 2019™
- Complex systems that you don't need to understand immediately if you just follow a build guide (recommended for the first few characters)

Cons:
- Buying additional stash tabs basically mandatory at this point. Better treat this game as a normal full price game
- Half of the game is played outside of the game (Path of Building, poe.trade, poemap.live)
- You need to know what build you want to play before starting a new character

Pros: - Huge variety of skills and skill combinations - trading system makes getting the items for your build easy and not dependent on luck unlike diablo 3 - Economy Simulator 2019™ - Complex systems that you don't need to understand immediately if you just follow a build guide (recommended for the first few characters) Cons: - Buying additional stash tabs basically mandatory at this point. Better treat this game as a normal full price game - Half of the game is played outside of the game (Path of Building, poe.trade, poemap.live) - You need to know what build you want to play before starting a new character