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Also, drill placement for those bank jobs, lolwut?! Some are nice, but with a good crew you don't need any of that stuff IMHO.

I bashed through a few heists today with three good and not to mention competent friends. We almost managed to silently do the Diamond heist, only messing up in the last minute when one of us got spotted with no pagers left.

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I salute these bastards!

The Diamond heist plays nice and tense when going quiet, when you play loud it's just like any other silent job gone bad really: fight off waves of SWAT and FBI until you can get the shiny.

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They also fixed the payout of the Diamond heist, it should be worth a whole lot more now, making it more worthwhile to play on higher difficulty levels.

Probably coming tomorrow - http://www.overkillsoftware.com/happynewyear/

Round 1

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, heisters! All of us at OVERKILL Software and Starbreeze Studios sincerely hope you had a wonderful holiday, and would like to wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2015.

But the bells haven’t stopped ringing yet. We are set to start your 2015 with a big win. And not a close-fought win on judges’ points – this is a three round straight knockout!

Stay involved over the next two days as we unveil a one-two combo of freebies for community members as we go into the new year.

And the first gift is an alternate take on the Dallas mask..

Time to come out swinging!

Yesterday we gave you the Champ mask – a look at Dallas after a suffering a severe bout of face-based ultraviolence. Well, today it is time to turn the tables. We’re giving you the means to fight back with a free melee weapon – the OVERKILL Boxing Gloves. Slip these beauties on and unleash 1000 pounds of peak punching power!

New achievement: Knockout!
Knock out a Bulldozer using the OVERKILL boxing gloves.

Well, can't win 'em all I suppose. Though I guess they're in for the usual shitstorm when the Golden Grin DLC goes up for sale in a month or so.


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Also, I am discovering that some of the weapons alter your pose when you're on the menu:

I prefer the Trautman knife myself when going loud, it even has a little compass in it, just in case you get lost during a heist.

I do like the trench knife when going silent, though I am hesitant to actually call the Fairbairn–Sykes one, seeing as it lacks the brass knuckles that makes it a trench knife.

That the music starts to play on a full charge is certainly a nice touch, makes the stalking of and waiting for security guards to reach certain parts of a map all the more entertaining.

 Sigvatr wrote:

 daedalus wrote:
I use most of the melee weapons as desperation moves more than anything. I like the boxing gloves for the novelty. They made me chuckle. Generally I'm either doing brass knuckles out of wanting concealment or if I know I'm going loud (i.e. I'm playing with other people), I grab the Spear of FREEEEEDOM.

Yeah, that's exactly my line of thinking. Melee weaponry is, by no means, necessary, so the rule of cool takes places and if you don't take the Spear of Freedom, you clearly don't like freedom. Why don't you like freedom?

Because I'm Irish sunshine?

feth jingoism.

Eleven new mystery achievements have been added to the game, which say the following in Croatian: "Željezo se kuje dok je vruce." which means, "Forge while the iron is hot" and "Cega nema, ne mose se ni uzeti" meaning "Never ventured, nothing gained".

So we may very well be seeing our first non-Overkill heist soon.

Finally!



But why won't senpai notice me?


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Also:

Sometimes she tries to put on a heavier voice, but feth it, I think the operator on the other side can't even be arsed to pay attention.

January 22.

New contact: The Butcher

New heist: The Bomb

New crew member: Dragan

Oh feth off with the drama already.

We'll see, she'll be doing the briefings for those new jobs though.

Also, new character, new skills or perk deck maybe?

Funny enough, I think in most cases we know more about the contacts than the player characters.


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Well now, the guy playing Dragan is a proper convicted bank robber, a Taekwondo champion, director, actor and runs a gym called Extreme Training in Sweden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragomir_Mrsic

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We'll soon be seeing more of this as well:




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Aaaaand the last one, the butcher is played by Mira Furlan, who has quite a list of cool stuff she was in on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001245/

http://www.overkillsoftware.com/games/thebomb/

Enter Dragan.

“No pain, no gain”, a proverb most fitting to describe Dragan, the Croatian “entrepeneur” who the Butcher sent to keep the PAYDAY gang in check, as part of a deal with Bain to secure the lucrative Bomb heists.



Dragan
Life had been good to this corrupt Interpol agent. Everyone was on the take. He got to crack skulls, the money rolled in, and he lived like a king. On both sides of the law, he used his contacts to further his own agenda while playing them against eachother. But that all ended when he betrayed his partner to the Butcher.
His reward for this ultimate act of backstabbing? To act as her confidant on a mission to the U.S. He would be given a fresh identity, a place with the infamous PAYDAY gang as part of a deal with Bain.
A new life in America, the land of golden criminal opportunities. Perhaps there, things would be different.

The Infiltrator is an agent hired by a government or large criminal organization to obtain information about its enemies, or by a corporation to obtain industrial secrets from its competitors. The Infiltrator is a close combat specialist who knows how to use the environment in order to get the upper hand.

Basic Close Combat
When you are close to an enemy, you receive 4% less damage from enemies.

Helmet Popping
Increases your headshot damage by 25%.

Advanced Close Combat
When you are close to an enemy, you receive an additional 4% less damage from enemies.

Blending In
You gain +1 increased concealment. When wearing armor, your movement speed is 15% less affected. You gain 45% more experience when you complete days and jobs.

Expert Close Combat
When you are surrounded by three enemies or more, you receive an additional 4% less damage from enemies. Each successful melee hit grants a 10% melee damage boost for 6 seconds and can stack up to 4 times.

Walk-in Closet
Unlocks an armor bag equipment for you to use. The armor bag can be used to change your armor during a heist. Increases your ammo pickup to 135% of the normal rate.

OVERDOG
When you are surrounded by three enemies or more, you receive an additional 8% less damage from enemies. Each successful melee hit grants an additional 10% melee damage boost for 6 seconds and can stack up to 4 times.

Fast and Furious
You do 5% more damage. Increases your doctor bag interaction speed by 20%.

Life Drain
Striking an enemy with your melee weapon regenerates 10% of your health. This cannot occur more than once every 15 seconds.

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Just sayin' I did Dodge before it was cool. And got kicked for having a Dodge build. Quite a few times. Then people realized it's overpowered as hell.

That's what happened to my brother as well, when people were shouting at him that it wasn't a stealth mission (despite his detection being 75+ because he carried a Locomotive and R93)

Okay, they're doing a not-Kickstarter now, it can be found here: http://www.overkillsoftware.com/thehypetrain/

Highlights include:
- New heists (stealing cars, finding out who framed Hoxton)
- New female character, Bonnie (which is sure to set the community on fire once more)
- Weapon mods from the Butcher

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One of the pre-order bonuses is a minigun.


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She's Scottish.

The $20 edition also gives you extra, as of yet undisclosed, bonus content.

We'll see I suppose. I may get the $20 pledge around the end of the month when I get paid. Maybe they'll share some more info on what that pledge buys you by then.

Yeah, prolly masks and patterns, guns and the like are stuff they don't want to make all that exclusive, with the exception of a melee weapon you could only get if you bought Alienware or some gak like that.

So, the hype train merrily chugs along or something like that, with a weapons upgrade pack coming out tomorrow and..




This handsome melon-fether coming the 10th of March.


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Okay, if you want Jacket you'll need to pre-order Hotline Miami 2.

Read all about it here: http://www.overkillsoftware.com/games/hotlinemiami2/

So, the hype train blah blah blah, €5 contents revealed:





And here's what €20 buys you...



The bigger pack is limited to 50,000 for some reason. Also..

Then there is the secret item…

It is STILL a secret. But here is how it works. YOU will each receive an in-game package from an old friend. Wrapped in true virtual aluminum. Inside is an item randomly given to you from a limited collection of 25 items. It will be rare, it will be a true PAYDAY collectible. Each item is carefully crafted with love and respect for our hardcore OVERKILL supporters. As a thanks to you from us and from the rest of the community for making the Hype Train render so much BONUS content for millions of players standing by. This secret content is still being worked on and is the only content that won't be released during the Spring Break. It will be released when we have given it the care and love that it deserves.

Funny enough, €5 gets you..

- Minigun + mods
- RPG
- Van skin
- Cap
- HYPE FUEL

While the €20 thing gets you..

- Four reworked masks
- A super-duper secret random item
- EVEN MORE HYPE FUEL

But none of the €5 deal stuff though.

http://www.overkillsoftware.com/games/infamy2/

Well, on the bright side, my brother's order of Payday 2 merch has finally arrived and the masks are awesome.




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Okay, most of the stuff is LIVE NOW, including Infamy 2.0 system (no respec) and..

I wuv the RPG and I'm surprised they made it a secondary weapon.


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I wuv the RPG and I'm surprised they made it a secondary weapon.

The minigun on the other hand, while cool, it's about as useful as the other LMG's, so.. Useless really.