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So, anybody else playing this?

Two of my personal highlights so far are..

Let's do Th...
In the Ukranian job, complete the heist within 35 seconds.

And silently pulling off a pro-job bank heist which we managed to finish in a bit less than ten minutes, but we decided to go into overtime to pick and rob ALL the deposit boxes!

I've seen video of it a few times. Seems like it's be a blast to play.

Have you been playing with your own group of friends or PUGs? I am REALLY looking forward to this game but very hesitant to play with people I don't know.

Really want to get this but don't have the money right now...

I'm sorry, PUG's?

But no, I play with my brother and another guy, the fourth slot is taking up by the AI. The AI is quite competent, but the game really works so much better when you play with peeps you know, especially when you all build your character in ways that complements the other builds.

My brother is the Mastermind who deals with pagers, bodies and loot collection (He gets us extra money), our friend is the Enforcer who not only drops ammo bags but can now also use a saw on ATM's and certain types of door and I'm the Technician who can place faster (not to mention, silent) drills and blows open safes with shaped charges.

When you start out things will be hard, as shoot outs with the police are bound to happen. But as you accumulate more skills you will get better tools and skills to deal with things either more discretely, or more swiftly as in the case of the portable saw and shaped charges.

"PUGs"="Pick Up Groups", Brook.

I'd hate to have to play with an AI. I take it that they're more competent than in the first game? Ie if you're deliberately trying to be stealthy they won't give up your cover or start shooting up the place?

I'm assuming that there's also some sort of negative aspect to fighting the police too? As in beyond being swamped by increasingly more dangerous waves of them. I had the feeling in the first game that the police weren't much of a threat for a decent team, so you could easily just sit there and whether the waves as you pick up all the loot.

Oh, do masks transfer between the games, or are there at least some legacy ones you'd get if you have the first game? I'll be those who've unlocked the golden ones will be peeved off at the prospect of not being able to gloat about. =)

 Wyrmalla wrote:
I'd hate to have to play with an AI. I take it that they're more competent than in the first game? Ie if you're deliberately trying to be stealthy they won't give up your cover or start shooting up the place?

I'm assuming that there's also some sort of negative aspect to fighting the police too? As in beyond being swamped by increasingly more dangerous waves of them. I had the feeling in the first game that the police weren't much of a threat for a decent team, so you could easily just sit there and whether the waves as you pick up all the loot.

Oh, do masks transfer between the games, or are there at least some legacy ones you'd get if you have the first game? I'll be those who've unlocked the golden ones will be peeved off at the prospect of not being able to gloat about. =)

The AI hangs back at the spawn point now until an alarm is tripped or you go loud. Really helpful with missions involving quiet heists or a bit of recon.

The difficulty has been ramped up quite a bit as well, depending on the threat level you play at. Normal and hard might see shields, while very hard and overkill will pit you from the outset against FBI CT's and if you're really unlucky, bulldozers.

Don't know if masks are carried over.

Me and all my buds got it. Loads of fun and hilarity will often ensue.

Things tend to go better when you wing it. Or when greed gets hold of some members of the group.

I'm curious, how far are you people now that we're almost two weeks into the release of this game?

I'm just a smidge over level 49 myself and have heavily specialized myself into the Technician tree, because C4 or GTFO. I'm right now investing into the Enforcer tree for extra suppression.

My current favoured loadouts are the Mosconi 12G Shotgun and a Hardballer with silencer and if I need to go loud from the start, either a Locomotive or the Bronco.

WERE BACK

What was back?

Grammatical screw-ups aside, yeah looks like a damn fun game. I especially like the idea of stealth runs, robbing a back without the alarm even being raised.

Loving it.

Picked it up while Sol, purps, and MrDWhitey were playing it yesterday morning. I am excite to play
Yes, that's a purposeful grammatical error.

Haven't played it, but it looks like fun if only to recreate scenes from 'Heat'

Well, they've certainly taken a few pages from that movie, there is even a skill called "KILMER" for faster reloading.

Great game. All they need to do now is make more job and i'll be happy to play that for a long time.

There are at least five DLC's planned along with a crapton of free jobs. People who pre-ordered the game should be getting a new job, an armoured car heist, soon.

Just picked it up. The next week or so will be hectic in terms of playing far, far too much I think

Tonights games with Sol and Purps were shall we say, interesting.

 BrookM wrote:
Tonights games with Sol and Purps were shall we say, interesting.

Hey, I wasn't the one getting drunk of his tits.

Nor was I slaughtering civilians and throwing body bags at the police.

 Soladrin wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Tonights games with Sol and Purps were shall we say, interesting.

Hey, I wasn't the one getting drunk of his tits.

Nor was I slaughtering civilians and throwing body bags at the police.

Like I said, he's mister Blonde!

I failed the first mission :( I tried my best, but the AI is fething stupid :(

Trying to play this game SP is essentially just bashing your head against a brick wall.

I want to give it a try but I don't have the cash :(

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
I want to give it a try but I don't have the cash :(

Looks like you're gunna have to wait for... Payday.

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
I want to give it a try but I don't have the cash :(

Looks like you're gunna have to wait for... Payday.

Ermagurd it is awesome fun. A friend and I knocked over the jewelry store in between tutes at uni, and it was heaps of fun.

"Shut up for a second Tim I'm robbing a jewelry store" is probably not something that people studying in the library are used to hearing.

I went ghost, my mate went technician, and I think we are going to get the other 2 members of our usual gaming group to go enforcer/mastermind, just to round it out. Unless one of those is just without a doubt useless beyond belief.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I failed the first mission :( I tried my best, but the AI is fething stupid :(

The game isn't very forgiving to first time players and low level folks, but it is worth it, you just need to power through.


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 motyak wrote:
Ermagurd it is awesome fun. A friend and I knocked over the jewelry store in between tutes at uni, and it was heaps of fun.

"Shut up for a second Tim I'm robbing a jewelry store" is probably not something that people studying in the library are used to hearing.

I went ghost, my mate went technician, and I think we are going to get the other 2 members of our usual gaming group to go enforcer/mastermind, just to round it out. Unless one of those is just without a doubt useless beyond belief.

All 4 skill trees are perfectly useable and some even essential if you want to do a mission without alerting the cops.