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There isn't a real story going on right now, perhaps aside from the missions from the Elephant, which work towards electing a new mayor and ensuring that old Hoxton will soon be moved to a low security prison.

A good crew makes or breaks the experience in my opinion. A crew that knows what it does can give you an amazing heist experience. Though then again, having things go awry and forcing you to go loud also makes for some great moments.

Looking forward to more missions. Also looking forward to a new source for those missions, getting tired of the other dudes, but it would be nice if Vlad got some love.

Well, the next four jobs will be handed out by the Dentist, so that's something to look forward to. Simon Viklund is scoring the new bank job right now.

 The Foot wrote:
but it would be nice if Vlad got some love.

I've always found it odd there are no multi-day jobs for Vlad.

Right now he's the more up and coming guy on the criminal scene trying to make a comeback with a few petty, but flashy smash and grab jobs. Vlad's are more or less the beginner jobs, while Hector and especially the Elephant provide you with the tougher and more sophisticated jobs.

Huh, That explains why none of the groups I get can finish an Elephant job.... i stick to Vlads or Hectors jobs.

I would just like to see Vlad treated as something more than just a thug. It is fun to play his missions, even at the higher levels it's really fun to just run in and smash things. I could see him doing a bit of smuggling or something like that though.

 johnscott10 wrote:
Huh, That explains why none of the groups I get can finish an Elephant job.... i stick to Vlads or Hectors jobs.

The Elephant missions work best when you stealth them. Granted, they can be loud, but are a whole lot harder. Plus, the Elephant missions have massive stealth bonuses with some missions, like with Election Day, if you manage to do the second day silently, the truck parked next to your van will be unlocked, revealing eight or nine bags of gold.

 The Foot wrote:
I would just like to see Vlad treated as something more than just a thug. It is fun to play his missions, even at the higher levels it's really fun to just run in and smash things. I could see him doing a bit of smuggling or something like that though.

Who knows, they'll surely revisit the original contacts sooner or later, they're still under contract after all. I could see both Vlad and Hector climbing their respective career ladders thanks to the gang, meaning bigger and better jobs.

How ironic, mention cant finish a job for the Elephant man, play 1 mission for elephant man and its completed, took a bit mind. Then I went and bought a gun I didnt mean to, damn mouse double clicking when it shouldnt.

The Big Bank: http://www.overkillsoftware.com/thebigbank/

Started playing this a bit more.
The LMG's are a lot of fun

 BrookM wrote:
The Big Bank: http://www.overkillsoftware.com/thebigbank/

Compared to The Dentist, that trailer was pretty damn crap.

I know there's only so much that can be done inside the game, but seriously, I've seen better in-game cut-scenes from games that came out years ago.

I've been trying this mission stealth style for a while and it's pretty crazy. Does anyone else have issues with finding the proper computer to get the vault time lock code? Other than that one problem I have it's really fun to try to sneak the whole thing. What are other people's opinion on the mission?

You need two people playing to find the computer first try I feel, because when you hack the one in the security room, the computer with the code beeps. So you need a guy walking round the computers, and a guy hacking repeatedly, until you finally narrow down the beeping one. I have no idea how you would do that solo.

Sheer luck comes to mind.

Great combat mission, but the payout is kind of pitiful XD

We've only tried on normal so far, but the higher the difficulty, the more there should be in the vault.

Even on overkill the payout wasn't spectacular, but personally now they've sorted out the favors prices you won't actually lose money now. Don't really mind as the heist itself is very enjoyable and the xp is still very good for only a single day.

Glad to hear they fixed the rates, as some of us got cleaned out by them when trying the options and failing.

We can expect another Payday 2 update soon, shotgun themed this time round, the achievements are already up on Steam.

There may also be another free gun or mask in it for us.

 BrookM wrote:
We can expect another Payday 2 update soon, shotgun themed this time round, the achievements are already up on Steam.

There may also be another free gun or mask in it for us.

My guess is the Spas-12 as they recently added the weapon to the pre and post mission backgrounds if I'm not mistaken (at least I don't remember it being there before).

Works for me. This game needs more shotguns

Right now the Achievements spell out "Well I'm about as tall as a Locomotive 12G Shotgun and just as noisy!"

Expect it to hit sometime around Thursday.

http://www.overkillsoftware.com/gageshotgunpack/

In short:
- 3 new shotguns including the Armsel Striker
- New melee weapon(s) - including a baton
- New masks

One of the shotguns either fires explosive rounds or packs such a punch that it can chew through shields like no tomorrow.

New masks, spoilered because of language.

The Raven reminds me of the Masconi before it got nerfed.

A little disappointed in AP slugs. Not really worth the ammo you give up to carry them. Buckshot is amazing though.

The amount of special ammo you can take will most likely hurt their use the most. especially the explosive rounds, which is paired with a horrible range, but damn it, they're great for quickly opening doors or taking down shields.

I'm actually surprised that the Street Sweeper is in the sidearm section and not the Raven.

Join the Payday 2 Steam Group, the more members, the more free gak we get!

http://www.overkillsoftware.com/crimefest/

And a link to the Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/games/218620

So, all community members get a free mask: