PAYDAY 2 News

We want to inform you about changes to how our safes function, these changes will come into effect sometime next week. Currently, there are 7 safes that aren't in the drop rotation. These safes represent the first safes we released that, at the time of release, required drills to open them.
Due to legal rulings concerning the purchase of digital items, we're going to be making some changes to our safes to make sure we're in compliance with the relevant laws.


Today, the only way to get the above-mentioned safes is to go on the Steam marketplace, buy a safe, and then buy a corresponding drill.
Going forward, these safes will be added to the regular rotation of droppable safes (at a low chance), and be openable without a drill. Any safes you may have in your Steam inventory will also be made openable without a drill.
Following that, we're removing the option to buy drills, anyone who has a drill in their inventory will see them replaced with a safe of the same type so a 'Dallas Safe drill' will turn into a 'Dallas Safe'. This will increase the number of skins from those safes in circulation and also make new ones more likely to appear in the future. For those of you thinking “I can buy drills now and get a lot of safes when the change happens” - yes, you could. Keep in mind however, that by the time these changes go live, it’s likely more skins will be put up on the market overall.

In addition to these changes, we are also removing the option to sell and trade safes on the marketplace or between users. You can still buy and trade the skins but you need to open the safe you get in the loot drops first.


If you don’t currently have any safes or drills in your Steam Inventory, you will not notice any immediate changes. The main thing for you to notice is that you have an increased range of safes that can drop during your next loot card drop at the end of a heist.
If you have any safes in your inventory - Your safes will remain in your inventory. The main change is that your safe is now not tradeable, the skins are still marketable as usual.
If you have drills in your inventory- Your drill will be removed from the Inventory the next time you launch the game. Instead you will find a safe of the same type as the drill(s) you had. This safe will function as described above.


We will be making these changes sometime next week. The date is still to be determined.
We are still putting together community safes so you will see more awesome skins from our talented skin artists appear from time to time.


No more drills, no more unavailable safes and no more safes in the marketplace.
We are making some changes to our safes to ensure that the popo won’t raid us (again). You still have a couple of days to purchase safes and drills with our current system, but after we make the change you can open any safe* without having to purchase a drill.

*The COP safe and drill will remain unchanged.

Keep those helmets flying!
OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Hello Heisters.

The Year of the Rat is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than to gather your friends and play through classic heists like Rats, or solving the mystery of who ratted out the PAYDAY gang.

We're marking the occasion by offering the following discounts on PAYDAY 2:

• PAYDAY 2 is discounted by 50%.
  
• PAYDAY 2: Legacy Collection is discounted by 83%.

财源广进

Much love,
OVERKILL_Elisabeth
OVERKILL - A Starbreeze Studio

Hello Heisters!

We’d like to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2020!

Now that the holidays are over, the FBI will be removing the Christmas decorations from their offices and you may also notice a post-holiday thaw.

There is an update to the game files today as the streets are cleared of snow and the decorations are stowed away.

We hope you enjoyed the holiday update!

Sincerely,
OVERKILL_Elisabeth
OVERKILL - A Starbreeze Studio


Date: 2020-01-09
Update size: 73.3

• Removed Holiday Decorations from Hoxton Breakout and Breakin' Feds

Here’s a short holiday greeting:

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You're an awesome community. We hope you have a great holiday, wherever you are.

Winter sale
If you happen to do a heist or two over the holidays, and you want to recruit new heisters for your crew (or pick up any missing items for yourself) we currently have some great offers on the Steam winter sale, including 90% off the PAYDAY 2 base game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/PAYDAY_2/

Free stuff
While we were taking out the holiday decoration in the safe house, we found some items in a safe. Rather than keeping them in there, we figured they'd look better on you. Have a look and see if you'd like any.

From all of us in the crew, happy holidays!

Those helmets, flying you keep them
OVERKILL_Almir OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

The snow is starting to fall outside the windows of the OVERKILL office and we bring a little Holiday Update to warm our heisters. Put on some festive and cozy Christmas blazers to get into the mood for eggnog and thermite. If you’re among those who need to work during the holidays, then the "Repairman" might be the outfit for you, good for manual labor and hard to tackle tasks.

Hoxton is bringing his own flavor of holiday cheer to the team. Check out Hoxton Breakout or Breakin' Feds during the holidays to celebrate in OVERKILL style. Hoxton also has something special that he wants to share with you all - you can check it out here: One DC Winter Night - A christmas Tale.

One of the things you might notice in the heists mentioned above is a new sound. That’s right - not one, not two, but three new music tracks to blast into the winter nights. If you like the new music track on Breakin' Feds you can even select it or any other stealth track on any stealth heist you want. Variety really is the spice of the heister life.

'Tis the season for a heist
OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Update 199 Changelog
Date: 2019-12-16
Update size: 870.1 MB

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue with ragdolls that made enemies sometimes appear to hit an invisible wall after being killed by a shotgun
  
• Fixed an issue where host and clients could get stuck in the results screen when the payout was very large
  
• Fixed an issue where the armor bag would not work if you started a stealthable level with your mask on
  
• Improved the way you attach bags to your team AI
  
• Fixed an issue where pausing an offline game would not stop the player’s forward momentum

Level

• Added stealth bonus to White House, Border Crossing and Car Shop
  
• Added an objective description to the last objective on Hotline Miami Day 2 (visible when pressing TAB)
  
• Fixed an issue where marking a female biker enemy in stealth would remove textures from her face
  
• Fixed so that The White House has Casing Mode showing up in the right corner until you mask up
  
• Fixed an issue on Firestarter day 1 where it took several magazines of regular bullets to get the gas tank to explode
  
• Fixed a floating flag behind the bar in Border Crossing
  
• Fixed an issue in Border Crossing where the pump was making pumping sounds when you start on the Mexico side
  
• Fixed an issue in Border Crossing where the left door leading up from the vault would be blocked by a wall
  
• Fixed an issue in Border Crossing where detaching the hose at the same time as going loud could block the player from completing the level
  
• Removed burning money flying around if the C4 in the briefing room blows up in Border Crossing
  
• Fixed an issue on Transport: Train Heist where the player could jump out of the level near the van where you secure bags
  
• Fixed an issue where The Big Bank did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
  
• Fixed an issue where Four Stores did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
  
• Fixed an issue with guards walking on top of vending machines in the beginning of Breakin’ Feds
  
• Fixed an issue where you could jump out of the world in one of the offices in First World Bank
  
• Fixed an issue where Big Oil Day 1 did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
  
• Fixed an issue where Diamond Store did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties

Audio

• Changed music and sound effects volume sliders to have 20 steps instead of 10 when using a controller
  
• Added the “Sly Gloves” stealth music track, and made it play by default on Breakin’ Feds
  
• Added the “Blast our way out” music track, and made it play by default on Hoxton Breakout day 1
  
• Added the “Propulsive Force” music track, and made it play by default on Hoxton Breakout day 2

Skills

• Fixed issue where the Graze skill counted all enemies healed by medics as headshot kills, instead of only those that you hit with a headshot
  
• Removed the icon for LB on Jack Of All Trades when using keyboard and mouse

Weapons

• Fixed so that you can attach the 45 Degree Iron Sights to the Desert Fox Sniper Rifle
  
• Fixed so that you can equip the Hurricane Compensator to the Akimbo Bronco .44 Revolvers
  
• Fixed so that you can equip the Titanium Skeleton Grip on the Akimbo Para Submachine Guns
  
• Fixed so that the Signature Magnifier Gadget does not float when using it together with the See More Sight on certain weapons
  
• Fixed so that the AMCAR can now use all the grips and magazines in its weapon class
  
• Fixed an issue with the Maelstrom Sight and the alignment of the cross reticle
  
• Fixed an issue with the Compact Laser Module floating when attached to the Akimbo Cobra Submachine Guns
  
• Fixed an issue with the alignment of the reticle on the SKOLD Reflex Micro Sight
  
• Fixed so you can change the color of the Acough Optic Scope
  
• Fixed an issue with the alignment of the Riktpunkt Holosight when using the Pistol Crossbow
  
• Fixed an issue where magazines would look empty when reloading when using LEO and Signature .40 pistols
  
• Fixed an issue where the bolt of the Akimbo UZI Submachine Gun would not animate on the weapon in the right hand
  
• Fixed an alignment issue when using the Acough sight on an assault rifle

Localization

• Changed the name of The_Basics to The_Tutorial_Heists in Crime.net
  
• Changed the name of the back button from Exit to Back in Offshore Payday
  
• Changed the name for minimizing the Crime.net sidebar from Crime.net/Shortcuts to Minimize_Sidebar
  
• Changed the word contour to outlines in the user interface menu
  
• Changed the word coins to Continental Coins on the button for buying mods in the weapon modding screen
  
• Clarified text for Gage pack rewards to make it clear what the player unlocks
  
• Clarified certain achievement descriptions that stated the player needed to pick up a number of items but did not explain that you could not do it in one run

Outfits

• Fixed a bug that would cause issues with the outline of players and team AI when using the raincoat outfit
  
• Added new Christmas blazer outfits
  
• Added Bodhi’s Pool Repair outfit

Skins

• Fixed an issue with the Exotique Receiver when skinning weapons
  
• Fixed so that you can switch safes while inspecting them in the Steam Inventory
  
• Fixed so that you see what armor skin you get in a safe even if you are wearing an outfit

UI

• Made Contact Database scrollable
  
• Changed the button for "Show In HUD" in the achievement interface to Y instead of R
  
• Moved the search bar in the contract broker to make it more visible
  
• Fixed so that the filter window on Crime.net does not change position when switching game mode

VR

• Fixed a crash that could occur if a player would switch to melee while reloading and having arm animations enabled