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Steam News11 January 20188y ago

PAYDAY2: Update 170 and VR Beta 1.6

​ ​ New Year, More Heisting! We are back again after the holidays and new year celebrations. We ended last year with a bang and we start the new year with a crimewave over Washington.

In this update4

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What changed

5 fixes8 additions3 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Compatibility
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Balance
addedNew Year, More Heisting!We are back again after the holidays and new year celebrations. We ended last year with a bang and we start the new year with a crimewave over Washington. Four more levels gets added to the Crime Spree to further expand the roster of levels available to you.
changedAttention:We are also continuing the tweaks we started last year. This time the focus is Special Weapons, Sniper Rifles and some other weapons. The Swan Song skill has also been adjusted.
addedVR BetaFor VR beta we have improved the Inventory Belt customization. You can now set the location of the boxes and further improve your experience in the game and improve your heisting capabilities. At the same time we looked over the fadeout system when your head collides with a wall or ceiling. You now have more options to define how you want the game to react. Last but not least we added a new red dot shader to all non-zoomed red dot sights. This should further increase the realism when you make the helmets fly. This does not affect zoomed sights. You can find a complete list below in the change log.
addedSpecial Weapons and Swan Song tweaksThe Rocket Launchers and the Thanatos were originally designed to be the best weapons for dispatching bulldozers. Recently we feel like they have not been competitive enough to compensate for the drawbacks they bring with them. For this reason we are raising their damage to reduce how many shots they need to kill Bulldozers. While we like the way Swan Song works, it is often viewed as a mandatory skill for the One Down difficulty due to how strong of a counter it is to the one down mechanic. With the reduced duration the player will have to work harder to make the most out of the skill. To a new heisting year of loot and gunfire. OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Update sizes: Update 170: 152MB Update 170 to VR Beta 1.6: 96.7MB VR Beta 1.52 to VR Beta 1.6: 173.4MB
addedCrime SpreeAdded Brooklyn Bank Heist to the Crime Spree rotation
addedCrime SpreeAdded Alaskan Deal to the Crime Spree rotation

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New Year, More Heisting!

We are back again after the holidays and new year celebrations. We ended last year with a bang and we start the new year with a crimewave over Washington. Four more levels gets added to the Crime Spree to further expand the roster of levels available to you.

Attention:

As new levels are added to the rotation any active Crime Sprees will be reset. You pay continental coins to start again from the same level or claim your reward and start over.

We are also continuing the tweaks we started last year. This time the focus is Special Weapons, Sniper Rifles and some other weapons. The Swan Song skill has also been adjusted.

VR Beta

For VR beta we have improved the Inventory Belt customization. You can now set the location of the boxes and further improve your experience in the game and improve your heisting capabilities. At the same time we looked over the fadeout system when your head collides with a wall or ceiling. You now have more options to define how you want the game to react. Last but not least we added a new red dot shader to all non-zoomed red dot sights. This should further increase the realism when you make the helmets fly. This does not affect zoomed sights. You can find a complete list below in the change log.

Special Weapons and Swan Song tweaks

The Rocket Launchers and the Thanatos were originally designed to be the best weapons for dispatching bulldozers. Recently we feel like they have not been competitive enough to compensate for the drawbacks they bring with them. For this reason we are raising their damage to reduce how many shots they need to kill Bulldozers. While we like the way Swan Song works, it is often viewed as a mandatory skill for the One Down difficulty due to how strong of a counter it is to the one down mechanic. With the reduced duration the player will have to work harder to make the most out of the skill. To a new heisting year of loot and gunfire. OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Update sizes: Update 170: 152MB Update 170 to VR Beta 1.6: 96.7MB VR Beta 1.52 to VR Beta 1.6: 173.4MB

Update 170

Crime Spree

  • Added Brooklyn Bank Heist to the Crime Spree rotation

  • Added Alaskan Deal to the Crime Spree rotation

  • Added Reservoir Dogs: Garnet Group Boutique to the Crime Spree rotation

  • Added Reservoir Dogs: Highland Mortuary to the Crime Spree rotation

General

  • Updated the crimenet loading screen hints with the new Crime.net interface

  • Fixed an issue where vehicles could get stuck on debris from the SWAT turret

  • Fixed an issue with Ethans health being to low on the One Down difficulty when having him as team AI

Sound

  • Removed an Ethan line where he mentions Cloaker instead of intended Bulldozer.

Weapons

  • Arbiter

    • Fixed an issue where it was not using the intended damage values

  • China Puff

    • Fixed an issue where it was not using the intended damage values

  • Interceptor 45

    • Fixed so that the red dot sight is not misaligned if you use the expert slide

  • HRL-7 Rocket Launcher

    • Rocket damage increased to 12500 (up from 10000)

  • Commando 101 Rocket Launcher

    • Rocket damage increased to 6200 (up from

Source

Steam News / 11 January 2018

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