I want to like this game. I really do. What's here at launch is just so... small. The game feels way more fun to play, stealth getting the biggest makeover coming from Payday 2. It's just a darn shame there are only 8 missions and the cosmetics/progression is just barren. The masks, perks, and lobby system are such a step down it kills the entire desire to grind.
The controls are NOT customizable enough. They give us a "legacy" control style to mimic the control style of PD2 but it's not even close. PD2's control scheme was FINE. Why did they change it and then make it worse by not letting us use it as an option??
Always Online. Okay, sessions with friends will just END because servers decided to die that day. It happened EVERY. SESSION. I feel for the developers, servers are hard to maintain, surely. But to not let players even enjoy the content solo till servers are back up is INSANE.
Even when the servers are working as intended there is no way to stay in a matchmaking lobby between missions. After every mission you are booted to the main menu to re-matchmake. WHY? It's hard to make friends or form bonds with strangers when there is NO pre-game or post-game chat or they get whisked away after every mission! There is no way to confirm before a mission starts if we're going loud or stealth. This is a pretty big deal when I'm locked into the loadout before being able to chat! They want to stealth?? oops!!! impossible to tell! didn't bring the stealth loadout I made! Zero way to go back and switch now!!!! backing out means re-queueing with new players!!! horrid.
Communication is key and I feel like It's hard to do that. The Quip wheel is borderline useless. Can't even say GGs after a successful heist because chat turns private as soon as you see the results screen.
At least stealth is still fun even with 0 stealth skills.
The controls are NOT customizable enough. They give us a "legacy" control style to mimic the control style of PD2 but it's not even close. PD2's control scheme was FINE. Why did they change it and then make it worse by not letting us use it as an option??
Always Online. Okay, sessions with friends will just END because servers decided to die that day. It happened EVERY. SESSION. I feel for the developers, servers are hard to maintain, surely. But to not let players even enjoy the content solo till servers are back up is INSANE.
Even when the servers are working as intended there is no way to stay in a matchmaking lobby between missions. After every mission you are booted to the main menu to re-matchmake. WHY? It's hard to make friends or form bonds with strangers when there is NO pre-game or post-game chat or they get whisked away after every mission! There is no way to confirm before a mission starts if we're going loud or stealth. This is a pretty big deal when I'm locked into the loadout before being able to chat! They want to stealth?? oops!!! impossible to tell! didn't bring the stealth loadout I made! Zero way to go back and switch now!!!! backing out means re-queueing with new players!!! horrid.
Communication is key and I feel like It's hard to do that. The Quip wheel is borderline useless. Can't even say GGs after a successful heist because chat turns private as soon as you see the results screen.
At least stealth is still fun even with 0 stealth skills.