Controller Support in POE1

I said I wasnt going to post anymore but...

So in short. Controller support in POE2 is STELLAR. with the sole exception of how the game prioritizes what loot you target first and the sensitivity of how the joysticks move through selections i have ZERO complaints about how controller support works in POE2.

However.

Controller support in POE1 is an absolute travesty and frankly its wholly unacceptable that it exists at all in its current state.

For instance, the complexity of the Hold trigger 1, or sometimes 2 or sometimes 1 and 2, and the difficulty of doing those commands in maps for something like expedition vs blight is just outrageous and feels so true to the standard... just built it but don't play it development I've come to expect here. Every single league content in POE1 has a unique button layout for how you interact with it and its so confusing i find myself just standing still trying to read things and or having to fully clear an area in order to risk navigating the menu at all in order to actually engage in the content.

Conversely, in POE2 virtually all of the league content is hold left trigger and press left on the D pad... simple... consistent... effective... and most importantly accessible and smooth.

Then there is the stash... OMG it literally just straight up does not work in POE1. full stop it isnt functional at all. cursor snaping is nonsensical and its so exceptionally buggy that attempting to highlight certain items (for me my scouting reports) glitches the stash and slams the cursor from near the item i would like to take out of my stash back to cell one of my character inventory and there is NO WORK AROUND save fully exiting the game and them switching over to mouse and keyboard to loot my item them exiting the game again to return to controler settings and that is the single most discouraging bug I have ever encountered in literally any and all video games of my 38 years on earth it literally forces me to exit the game... WHY???

Dont even get me started on the trade merchant omg its actually even worse that the stash issue and the league content issue combined.

Why is it so frustrating and disapointing?
BECAUSE NONE OF THESE ISSUES EXIST AT ALL IN POE2. THE DEV TEAM HAS LITERALLY ALREADY SOLVED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ISSUES ALREADY WHAT IS HAPPENING DUDE WHY????
I have never felt further from what I know and love
Last bumped on Nov 3, 2025, 11:55:12 AM

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