Controller on POE = poop

I am absolutely embarrassed for you, GGG. Controller on POE is less fun than getting a dental cavity filled. After almost twelve years of m/k POE and enjoying the crap out of POE2 with controller, I don't have a desk for use at the moment... So, I tried controller instead. And, why did you make controller available when it doesn't function? Targeting is better in Space Invaders. Thanks, but no thanks. This is the car crash that you have given to console players?!? Shameful.

What doesn't work exactly ?

(Is it new to this update ? I've seen people going through almost the whole campaign on controller before.)

EDIT : This I guess ??
We can already loot in combat on gamepad in 3.25

Have you tried mines? Have you tried to cast a fireball on the coast when you first get it? If not, then you don't know that just because an enemy is highlighted in red, it doesn't mean that you will use a skill directed at that enemy. It is a mystery what will happen. Will a mine be thrown at an enemy? Or, will it simply drop at your feet? Who knows?

But, most importantly, with all of the work on POE2 on controller which is *chef's kiss* fun and rarely has a problem as we play the beta, POE is completely different. Different UI. Different buttons. I can target actual enemies. Different navigation. And, these "different" items are ugly, terrible and definitely not synergistic in POE vs POE2.

Just because someone on console slogs through it because they don't know how much better POE can be on mouse and keyboard than a controller, is not justification that an "I guess it's good enough" attitude should continue to be the approach of a fully released game that is not in beta like its (in my opinion) superior mechanics counterpart. If they are so concerned about quality of life, why didn't they fix their controller with the knowledge they have gained from POE2 for well over half of a year? Why wasn't that a major change for console players alone?

Because PoE1 came out on console 8 years ago and currently GGG is barely managing to continue making both PoE1 and PoE2 ?

Controller = poop - that's right