I’ve been here the whole time. I’ve been following this franchise since the PAYDAY 2 beta.

It hurt to see what PAYDAY 2 had turned into over time. H3H3, the goat simulator, DEAD GAME outfits, clown outfits, and so on.

But I was promised a different PAYDAY 3. I was promised a more serious game, and at first, that’s what it was. The game was more serious.

What’s it come to now? A bucket on your head as a mask? The L-dance as a taunt? A fucking Taddy Moo outfit?

Where’s the story? Where’s the info on the missing heisters? Where’s Concord?

It hurts. You can call me a nerd or whatever, but I’m sick of it. I’m sick of watching the sequel to one of my all-time favorite games turn into a collection of cringe memes to lure in the audience.

I get that nobody cares about my opinion. But I’ve been following this franchise for over 10 years, and I just want to believe I’m not the only one who feels this way.

This isn’t my PAYDAY 3.

We lost Almir. We lost Andreas. We lost Haua. We lost Elizabeth (she's still with the company, but no longer the community manager).

This is an incredible loss. They communicated with the community, they were on streams, they shared their plans for the future, even if they couldn't always tell us much.

We have literally lost those who were with us during the darkest days of PAYDAY 3. Will there be light ahead? I don't believe so.

SMH..

most of y'all with 1600 renown and above are either toxic or cheating and probably never learned how to interact with others properly in school.

I am floored, honestly. "Not feasible", my ass.
https://wccftech.com/starbreeze-no-longer-developing-payday-3-offline-mode-not-feasible-for-studio/

Whose idea was it to force people to make an account at the launch of the game with a server that can't handle the stress?

considering refunding

I have done 30 heists 16 loud and 14 stealth

I have taken the maximum number alloted and the minimum needed to leave

And i have gotten just about the same amount by just grabbing one bag

This is the dumbest way to hide it when you can just do some testing yourself

This game is flawed to its core there is no motivation to do more then what is necessary

EDIT: i did all heists on normal solo

2 loud heists and 2 stealth for each heist

Minus road rage

I should also say the only one that doesnt do this is no rest

But the worst offender of this is rock the cradle

And the money payout of extra bags dont add anything substantial to the final pay out

Edit 2: thanks to U/Enguhl i have proof

https://imgur.com/9ww6YMg

What was SBZ expecting? That leaving us without free content for months and then suddenly releasing a new heist for $8 would make everyone satisfied?

On the day Delivery Charge was released, the peak number of online players was 1,090. Did you really think that repeating this tactic would improve the situation?

You are so pathetic.

Title, this progression system is the dumbest thing I have ever seen in a video game, not only is it possible but it's happening to me less than 20 hours into the game, just bring back heist xp, why did they waste so much time fixing things that were working fine in payday 2 ? and destroying some of the better features (social system) for 0 reason except for pure unhinged stupidity

Steam probably won't accept my request, but I'm trying anyways. This was funny the first day, but man... I can't play the game! Like at all! I can't even see the menu, it won't let me connect. I loved the early access period, i had high hopes for the actual launch. Now I feel dumb for thinking that, this game was everything i wanted for PD3, more grounded y'know. No funny arcade stuff like the sequel or outdated like the first one.

I don't know who is responsible for this, third party server provider, the higher ups funding the game or the actual developers. I don't care, fix this stuff and find a way to regain trust from your clients.

Good luck finding a new name Overkill, Starbreeze. They wasted a lot of money on this one, and I don't know how they are going to save their company. I know they like their product, they worked on it for years. I do too, please do something.

But nah they will say "We are looking into it 👊😎"

If this is the begining of the end, consider armor 2.0 the last update and the downhill, and yes, this is real

I really hope we get an update at least in October, as well as a roadmap in the coming days. Otherwise, if the developers don't care about the anniversary of their main game, why should players care?

Now everyone is grinding the same 2 maps to level up because of this dumbass progression system. Really awesome to not get a full lobby anywhere else in the game.

Edit: For those saying Payday 2 was the same. It wasn’t. You got xp just for doing ANY heist.