Having reached 100% map completion and headed back to the HoT areas this week, I miss the exploration of Central Tyria. Sure, I can grab mastery points easier and Hero points are closing me in on finishing up my Daredevil but I liked being able to randomly help the citizens of all the territories. HoT seems very story-centric, and while the day/night cycle at first felt interesting, I find it’s more of a blockade to my exploration (at night) than it is helping the gameplay. Still, tagging along with a massive group of other players accomplishing big goals is quite satisfying so there’s balance there.
And I have to craft a legendary and find the remaining mastery points in Central Tyria some time anyway, with a countdown to PoE2.