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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.

Worst perk deck of all times. Seriously.

Eh, doesn't seem that bad. Shotgun time I suppose.

20% less damage when 3+ enemies nearby (not hard).

80% extra melee damage. 5% all damage that stacks with the 80% extra melee damage.


Could be fun. Probably won't see lots of use since everyone is all dodge/light armor for DW runs though. Overkill really needs to rework things in DW mode to make other builds even an option. When even the Improved Combined Super Duper Tacticool armor is worthless, there's a problem.

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 because before the Perk Decks came out Dodge was a troll build Moment Perk Decks came out everyone wants to Dodge, because it's Matrix style That and the Tactical Vest always had the problem that it was just too damn slow. People used it because they needed the armor in DW fire fights, but when it came time to escape or move bags it became a huge liability. IMO dodge doesn't need a nerf. Armor vests need a buff. You lose ridiculous amounts of speed for wearing armor. Always have. Being able to get in and out of cover is far more valuable than taking more hits while out of cover.

 Sigvatr wrote:
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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Minigun is enough of a reason for me, unfortunate that Bonnie is an Ogryn though.

What? Bonnie is a totally realistic and reasonable character who deserves... nay, REPRESENTS a demographic untapped in modern gaming.

Pity she doesn't have a face tattoo. The coolest people that work third shift at Jack in the Box all have them, or so I've been told.

She needs a voice to make even the most seasoned SJW crap themselves in fear.

She's Scottish.

inb4 GW sueing the developers for using theoir Ogryn design.

link is work-filtered and "ze googles, zey do nussing!".

Been playing enough Payday 2 that preordering is a no-brainer I guess.

I looked at them both and cannot see the value of the $20 version to the $5 verison.

Glowing masks and such, but $5 has all the dakkas.

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.

Knowing OK, it might just be one more mask

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.

5€ for 1 mask. OK has just gone insane I guess.

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/

Just when I got to infamy 5, they suck me back in.

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..

Rocket launcher is powerful.

As in, "can take out multiple juggernauts in one shot" powerful.

 Melissia wrote:
Rocket launcher is powerful.

As in, "can take out multiple juggernauts in one shot" powerful.

Yeah, I just ran a rocket launcher/grenade launcher/c4 guy with one of my friends. It was probably the most fun build I've ever played, though I don't think he was enjoying the splash damage.

Ultimate troll build.

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.

Minigun is okay in defensive positions, if you use the extended barrel and don't use the concealment kit. Examples being the vault at big bank, the stairs in the first mission of rats, etc.

It needs accuracy, or its spread's too high, and stability isn't a huge problem when fired in short bursts.

I'm giving the stubby barrel a try myself, I found the vanilla barrel to be dancing around too much.