Elon Musk has gotten kicked from Path of Exile 2 for performing too many actions in a short time. Musk claims he was simply too good at the game and its anti-cheating software mistakenly assumed he was using a macro or similar cheat. It wouldn’t be the first piece of criticism leveled at Path of Exile 2‘s support, but for some, the biggest piece of news is that the world’s richest man has so much time to spend gaming.
Path of Exile 2 isn’t the first game Musk has gained notoriety for. Earlier in 2024, the multi-billionaire revealed he was ranked 19th in Diablo 4‘s global leaderboard, and it seems some of those skills were transferable to Grinding Gear’s latest RPG. If players are to take Musk at his word, he plays so quickly that it triggers Path of Exile 2‘s anti-cheat mechanisms.
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Musk tweeted a picture of his Path of Exile 2 screen showing a message saying he’d been disconnected for performing too many actions too fast. Actions per minute are a common way for games to spot cheating, but Musk commented that he wasn’t using a macro. In response to another user, he suggested developers will likely change the aggressive clicks-per-second cap down the road. Considering how Path of Exile 2 has faced many technical issues since its debut, it’s not a stretch to think that this feature might change as devs patch the game in the future.
Elon Musk Claims He Got Kicked from Path of Exile 2 for Being Too Good
Some users agreed with Musk, with one pointing out how the game gives players many active skills but penalizes them for using them quickly. Others were more impressed by how the world’s richest man could find the time to play so many games, much less get good enough at them to get kicked for actions per minute. Despite being the head of several massive companies, Musk has cemented himself as an avid gamer. Apart from his exploits in Path of Exile and Diablo, he has floated the idea of buying Hasbro and suggested that he might start an AI game studio.
With just a screenshot to go on, players will have to judge for themselves if they believe Musk’s claims about not using a macro. As for the game itself, more updates are on the way, though whether any of them address the anti-cheat mechanisms is uncertain for now. Regardless of the specifics, Grinding Gear has apologized for Path of Exile 2′s slow response to support requests and promised it’s hard at work fixing bugs.
Path of Exile 2 is a next generation free-to-play Action RPG created by Grinding Gear Games. Journey across the deadly continent of Wraeclast, meeting multiple immersive cultures while facing off against evil in many forms. Path of Exile 2 features twelve character classes, 240 Skill Gems, hundreds of equipment base types, a six-act campaign, more than a hundred unique boss fights, a deep endgame system and so much more. Play with your friends without losing any progress with couch co-op, cross-play and cross-progression.
- Franchise
- Path of Exile
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer , Online Co-Op
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Nudity, Violence
- Early Access Release
- December 6, 2024