After showcasing his high placement on the Diablo 4 <\/em>leaderboards last year, the world’s wealthiest man has moved on to greener pastures and is flexing his skills in arguably the best ARPG of all time, Path of Exile 2<\/em>. However, recent streams cast doubt on his prowess and high-level hardcore ladder placements. <\/p>
As first reported by PC Gamer on Jan. 10<\/a>, Elon Musk has previously shown himself playing what is supposedly one of his hardcore characters<\/a> in PoE 2<\/a><\/em>, standing at level 95 as of Jan. 7. For the uninitiated, hardcore mode in PoE 2 <\/em>and other ARPGs is one containing permadeath\u2014if your character dies, they die for good. Getting far with a hardcore character is an impressive feat of its own, but having one at level 95 requires such immense skill that only the rare few succeed.<\/p>
As PC Gamer illustrates, this high a level would let America’s richest businessman and soon-to-be government official take a few prestigious seats on the hardcore leaderboards, among the very best of the best PoE 2 <\/em>players. However, as recent analyses from well-known PoE 2 <\/em>streamers<\/a> and other players in the community show, Musk might not be that good a player after all, with his character and success placed under a thick, dark veil of doubt.<\/p>
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A Jan. 8 Reddit post<\/a> documented Musk’s entire journey through PoE 2<\/em>‘s hardcore game mode. Allegedly, the entrepreneur has two hardcore characters within the top 60 as of Jan 8., placed at numbers 59 and 21, respectively. He also had numerous other hardcore characters who died throughout this gameplay journey, which is to be expected. However, in his stream, Musk failed to display any of the most basic skills imaginable that you simply must know by heart on top of every nook and cranny of the game to be able to perform with a level 95 hardcore character.<\/p>
All of the above, and a lot more, have caused a large portion of the PoE 2 <\/em>community to bring Musk’s performance into question. While the Diablo 4 <\/em>shenanigans<\/a> went by without a hitch, it appears Musk’s attempts at swagger won’t fly with the ultimately more hardcore PoE 2 <\/em>player base.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
