Piyush
Lanaya
I played Path of Exile thoroughly but what I disliked is the crap currency system and the limited variety of monsters you fight.. The story is also very uninteresting, but apart from that.. its the closest diablo 2 clone, more so than Diablo III
On the other hand, I liked its currency system, its so flexible and simple. Not sure about variety of monsters you are talking about, last time I played it was back in September IIRC and after that there have been 2 major updates I guess. Though [MENTION=171297]snap[/MENTION] or [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] know better.
I cant comment on story as I used to skip the conversations But I think people play PoE because of its never ending possibilities of skill masteries.