Recently, the Grinding Gear Games team announced their intention to bring PC controller support to Path of Exile, first through beta in update 3.17.3. This is undoubtedly good news for some players who can prepare POE Currency to have more fun in the game. Now that it has released the updated patch notes, the update downtime will take place on PC later in the day.

Update 3.17.3 brings the PC Controller beta and some fixes for the Siege of the Atlas era. Some changes include fixing various dialogue audio issues, client crashes related to Scorching Ray and Stygian Firestorm, and adding proper descriptions for Tempest Shield quality. Most fixes are for various bugs, such as the “Show All” option on the character selection screen, not saving.

Some tweaks are useful changes. When players use the highlight key while hovering over dropped POE Items, one of them will display minimum and maximum defensive values. The Overkill explosion from the Punishment Curse will no longer occur if the curse is owned by the defender or its allies. When righting a boss in The Infinite Hunger, the arena mechanic should now stop after it killed the boss.

In terms of PC controller support, the beta started with this update and will continue until the 3.18 expansion pack, giving Grinding Gear plenty of time for players to try the controller play and get enough data to perfect it. Currently, once the beta begins, players will log in and head to the Input Options panel to switch to using the controller beta. Given that it’s a beta, the team is looking for needed feedback and bug reports, but this should give more players a different, comfortable ride option. And players can also buy POE Archnemesis Currency at POECurrency to get a better experience. Please follow it for more news!