Hate him. End of storry.
Not me. I honestly hope he lost friends over time and became a broken shell of a man.
Yep. That is the problem, and sadly there is no getting around it because that's how it was intended to work for reasons explained above by Ukase.
That said, At low levels, I have no difficulty with controllers or other squishies. Even the melee types are weak at that level, often being forced to pick between an extra attack or more protection, either making them more vulnerable in order to attack more or deal less damage with a somewhat improved survivability. Containment helps with controller damage, even at low level. You can also buy temp powers to pad your survivability and damage potential from the START vendor. For higher levels, it's important to note that Containment did get expanded to include additional benefits for controllers in the most recent update. One difficulty for controllers was a lack of pet control... and what good is your tier 9 pet if you cant aim it at the target that needs it, such as a mez-resistant EB when the pet would formerly attack randomly whatever was in range. At least now you can focus that damage on a target of your choosing, right?