Quality of life for console players

Will there be any quality of life changes in the future for us controller users? I feel like there is still room for improvement that would contribute to a smoother gameplay. Or this is all we will get?

As an xbox player I expect a few crumbs of QoL to fall from the PC players' table for us. Console is a bit of a mess honestly. Aiming/controller support is almost broken, trade near impossible, no loot filter (lol!).

The graphics on certain maps freak out on my series X too, the water background in Ziggurat Camp is a blurred texture, Clearfell camp graphics go crazy.. BIG frame drops.

Maybe the PS5 is a superior version, xbox is almost unplayable at times.

feel the same about aiming, I think cursor should be optional in options. I don't see any reason not to control the cursor with the right stick and movement with the left stick, like WASD on the PC. Still less clunky.

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Die_Scream#5464 wrote:

As an xbox player I expect a few crumbs of QoL to fall from the PC players' table for us. Console is a bit of a mess honestly. Aiming/controller support is almost broken, trade near impossible, no loot filter (lol!).

The graphics on certain maps freak out on my series X too, the water background in Ziggurat Camp is a blurred texture, Clearfell camp graphics go crazy.. BIG frame drops.

Maybe the PS5 is a superior version, xbox is almost unplayable at times.

- The ziggurat camp got a lot of graphics glitches , especially once you are using the "time travel" portal .
- The map Hunting Ground is a mess visually , even when trying to tune the settings it's vomit-inducing playing through it .
- Tons of framerate problems that make minions build unplayable , late endgame maps can be an issue ( T16 breach ) , some part of Trial of Sekhema got FPS drops for no reason
- Latency issues were a plague during holidays , not sure if it was that bad on PC
- Absolutely impossible to trade as well , very cool

I could go on and on ... ( i opened dozens of Bugs Reports already especially in the PS5 subforum ) but there is issues more problematic than others and needing urgent solving . Right now i am currently reinstalling the game for a third time because i had once again the bug that reset the minimap each time you leave the area ( this is so much fun ) , that bug is only fixable by reinstalling the game as it appears this bug was already there on POE 1 port as well ...

As for controls , well once you learn which skills are unusable on console ( for example glacial cascade ) and get accustomed to the controls ( like the right pad allows to quickly moving across inventory / stash ) it becomes somewhat bearable but the most major bugs and technical issues better be fixed in the coming weeks .

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prangio99#9787 wrote:

feel the same about aiming, I think cursor should be optional in options. I don't see any reason not to control the cursor with the right stick and movement with the left stick, like WASD on the PC. Still less clunky.

Can be done with some skills like Frost Walls by activating directed aiming but it is impractical to use in such a fast pace game . They need to allow us to completely disable forced aiming and then something like Glacial Cascade could be playable on console ( the skill also suck balance wise ) .

I never noticed issues with aim in D4, and I like the analog in that game so you can walk really slow if you want to. It just looks cool :)

D4 is terrible as far as picking up loot though, you can't cycle thru with DPad like in this game and LE.

Frankly, I think LE is superior than both for controller support and certainly for loot filter. I think PoE 2 is the best ARPG, but not for console/controller players.

I'm sure when the three people who work on the console version will do their best to fix everything. Might take them a while though...

The forced aiming needs improvement on controller give players a way to adjust it.