Payday 2: Difference between revisions

* For anyone just starting out, choose one perk deck and stick with it until you max it. All decks have some incredibly useful skills in common, including increased ammo pickup and 45% more experience gained. Armorer and Muscle are both solid and do not require DLC.

* Once you complete a perk deck, keep using it while you earn points to complete all the other ones TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER one of the perk deck bonuses is increased XP, which means more perk points.

* "Crime Spree" is a sort of endless survival mode for advanced players. It's also a huge continental coin sink. Don't bother with it until you've gotten gud.

* Stealth is pretty much learned by doing it. There's a lot of map-specific weirdness to grok. Don't be afraid to mess u TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER nless you terminate the contract, you have unlimited attempts.

* The Burglar perk deck is basically dedicated to stealth. It's similarly a good idea to have a dedicated stealth build TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER you can unlock all the relevant stealth skills and have spare points in one build.

* One Down, when played loud, is the difficulty for crazy idiot masochists. It's not remotely fun, and should only be done if you're a completionist. If you give it a pass, you're not missing out.

 

* Don't rush off on your own. Payday 2's like Left 4 Dead in that being a loner will get you blown away.

* You do not want to "max out" a skill tree TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER mix and match according to your role in the team and what weapons you like.

* Complement your primary; if you have a low-accuracy but high ammo main, bring an accurate secondary to help pop snipers.

* Call out specials with the shout button whenever you can. Especially if you do not use a microphone.

* Headshots at every opportunity. Practice getting headshots while hip-firing. The more you can land, the more unstoppable you become.

* Familiarize yourself with each special unit's sounds TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER Cloakers in particular.

* It is okay to disengage in a bad situation TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER even if it is a single Bulldozer that you are not equipped to handle easily. Call it out and stick with your team.

* SWAT Turrets have a shield protecting them TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER it's vulnerable to explosives. The first two times you take out the shield, the turret will retract, heal, and summon a new one. The third time, the turret stays up and can be killed. Turrets on helicopters stay out when repairing and can be destroyed during the process. Most of the time, though, it's better to just make it retract and move on. Turrets in building interiors are way easier TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER they don't heal.

* Captain Winters will lock the game into assault mode when he arrives. He will also begin passively increasing all enemy max health while he's around, until it's doubled. Make him retreat quickly by taking out his escort TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER explosives work well.

* Expect to get lost in the Alesso, Murky Station, and Goat Heist maps during your first few runs TEMPORARYDASHCHARACTER they are complex and weirdly laid out.

* Beware: wide open spaces and bad firing lines make Goat Heist and Lab Rats much harder than most other heists.

* Day 1 of Rats, Lab Rats and the Cook Off heist, use a specific system of callouts for ingredients. Bain will say an ingredient, pause, and then say something else. If he corrects himself, the second ingredient he mentions is the right one. If he says ''anything else'' ("I'm 51% sure", for instance), the first ingredient was correct.  

* The non-Rats/Cook Off meth cook sequence is exactly the same, every time (Muriatic > Caustic > Hydrogen). It's written on the whiteboard above the caustic soda's table, if you forget.

* Bags chucked in the water in Watchdogs Day 2 won't disappear, but they do respawn all the way back at the beginning of the level. Don't throw more than four in at a time.