Who Destiny 2 plays, will also occasionally be shot at by enemies. This is unavoidable. Or is it? Over the weekend, an impressive video circulated, in which a well-known player consistently avoids just that. He has probably finally crowned himself the undisputed god in PvE. MyMMO shows you his achievement and says what he is planning next.
In Destiny 2, there are enemies everywhere. When playing in a team, their fire is at least somewhat distributed. But if you’re playing solo, everything just shoots at you. Sooner or later, you’re bound to take a hit.
- Enemies target you when you are detected and start shooting immediately.
- There are airstrikes and sneaky environmental damage in many places that can hit you.
- And occasionally, a grenade flies at you that you might have overlooked.
But Esoterickk, a Destiny 2 player, YouTuber, and exceptional gamer, has now avoided all that.
A previously unique achievement: In his latest video, you can see Esoterickk playing the Nightfall strike “The Arms Dealer” on the “Grandmaster” difficulty level without being hit by an enemy even once.
Who is this player Esoterickk actually? Even though hardly anyone knows his face, YouTuber Esoterickk has been well-known in the Destiny 2 community for a long time. He has made a name for himself by mastering even the toughest activities easily solo. As a result, he has long been considered one of the best PvE players, leaving us average guardians in awe.
- Raid and dungeon bosses are taken down solo and sometimes even without weapons.
- If a new activity goes live and players are still struggling with it, Eso has already completed it solo.
- He plays strikes on the hardest difficulty, “Grandmaster,” so confidently and coolly that they look like an easy activity from the standard playlist.
Hardly anyone in the Destiny 2 community actually expected him to top his previous feats in Bungie’s space shooter. But that’s exactly what he has now done.
His leap into death at the end of each activity he completes is thus symbolic of the fact that the only thing that can kill him is himself.
Other players can only dream of this: Currently, guardians in Season 17 are using “Restoration” to survive solo and reduce incoming damage as effectively as possible.
Esoterickk modestly states about his latest achievement that not getting hit was just “the next logical step”. Not taking damage is, for him, “not particularly challenging”.
That’s something I’ve been thinking about for years, I just never got around to it because there was always something else to do or other ways to accomplish things that seemed more interesting at the time. Not taking damage is not particularly challenging and leads to some slow moments, but it’s pretty much the only “challenge” left to tackle.
writes Esoterickk under his video on YouTube
How did Esoterik come up with this idea? Playing an activity without taking damage even once may have been inspired by Rylee Reloaded, who already played the entire Witch Queen campaign without taking damage.
However, as Esoterickk himself mentions, it is more likely that he was inspired by his own forays into other games.
- He has already fought against the 218 bosses in Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro without taking damage in a 12-hour video.
- And then in Elden Ring, he also defeated all 165 bosses of the open-world action RPG in a 7-hour video, also without taking damage.
And because he can, he naturally played it solo in Elden Ring again, just with melee, without summoning and also without parrying.
On YouTube, a Destiny 2 player puts it succinctly by commenting: “That’s amazing, man. I think you’re officially the best player I’ve seen in all the games I enjoy playing.”
Esoterickk wants to top this achievement: The Nightfall strike “The Arms Dealer” is not considered one of the hardest in Destiny 2. However, it was probably just a small preliminary test for Esoterickk. He already has the next incredible plan, but first with cheese.
I think a similar approach would also work for Grandmaster, but in this case, I would use my old cheese spot to get through the beginning of the boss fight and then the grenade cheese on the boss itself to bypass that. The rest of the approach would be the same. I will probably play “Grandmaster” the same way and see if other Nightfalls are also doable for [No-Damage-Runs].
explains Esoterickk on YouTube
It is therefore to be expected that he will top this achievement and play the strike on “Grandmaster” difficulty. We are certainly excited to see what he will come up with next and how long he can continue to overshadow his own achievements.
What do you think of his achievement? Do you believe he is now the undisputed god of PvE? Or do you say, I can do better! Then let us know in the comments and share your opinion with the Destiny 2 community.
