No, thank you.
The best part of the mode has been the absence of this nonsense, for the most part, and some of the worst additions have been the likes of that Babbling Book.
If you want it, go play regular HS.
No point, and there is MBR for those who want those big numbers.
It does, and it can be one of the interesting parts, if you ask me.
With that said…
Discontinued — no point in beating about the bush.
It’s not necessarily a problem, I’ve written extensively about it in particular and the obsession with 'nEw CoNtEnT’ in general — what is, however, is that the promised bugfixes have been lacking. For example, the last big patch finally made PvE what it should have been in some ways, however, they’ve broken some bosses and haven’t fixed those yet… It’s been reported a lot, no desire to repeat any of it here.