Their name is "the Kataru", which is most likely meant to be akkadian for "the alliance". "Beyond yesterday" is a translation of the domain their emails were coming from, and appears yo just be a way or referencing their love of ancient mythology.
Hassat Hunter tells me these new achievements 'are named "cac" which doesn't seem to suit the 2 new heist theory. Unless they changed internal naming procedures in the meantime'.
New achives on a tuesday? Something smells update-y!
I suspect we're getting a full spring break event.
He has to be. Who would otherwise offer the next heist if it isn't the Butcher, or the Elephant requiring assistance?
The Dentist is not coming back, or at least not as a contractor. We've completed our deal with him and done everything we were supposed to do. This business relationship is over.
The Elephant might be a contractor, but it wouldn't honestly make sense from a materialistic standpoint. If Operation Karamojo is, in fact, the arrest of John Henry Simmons, this means that the Payday Gang loses a connection in the government - we'd effectively be working to save the Elephant's life for no pay and no other reason than "a favour for an old acquaintance".
The Butcher is... almost certainly not going to be a contractor. Locke's double-cross in the Alaskan Deal jeopardized her operations, put her people at risk and probably cost her some merchandise. Bain could have been the mediator in this situation, but with him being in captivity by The Kataru/Beyond Yesterday, and with Locke at the helm... suffice to say she's not going to be welcoming towards the concept of working with him again.
sidenote: I'm not a fan of the "Kataru" name, because "katar" means "common cold" in Polish and it just feels silly to me :V
Vlad... pffft hahahah. He's basically Overkill's joker card. If it sounds too ridiculous or outlandish for the theme of the game, it's going to be a Vlad heist. I might be misguided in this (and I kinda hope I am), but Vlad is not going to play a pivotal role in this story arc. Unless the final heist of Payday 2's general story arc involves laser cannons, ICBMs, satellite-mounted thermal drills and other bullshit, we're probably not going to see Vlad here.
The contractor for the next heist can pretty much only be Locke. He's been working with Duke/Lindenhurst, he co-operated with Bain to get the crew out of D.C. and away from Beyond Yesterday, he picked up the Reservoir Dogs Heist operation when shit came crashing down after Day 1, he spearheaded the Brooklyn Bank smash-and-grab to get the Medallion out of there... Locke is probably here to stay and finish the job with us.
Not to mention too, I have a feeling that they don't want to get too far with Heists before getting Bain back, especially considering that they got that year extension. It makes me think about how the rest of this year into next is going to pan out though
Do you think Rust has any involvement in the recent events? Also from reddit:
I still maintain that Bain is Kento. Jiro's old boss said to find Kento, he had to look for a guy in America named Bain. Jiro simply didn't realize what the dude meant by that.
I have a feeling we won't see him for the rest of the game actually. Payday 3 is invariably going to come out, and having the gang collapse and hunting down Bain to start things up is the perfect way to explain starting over again for Payday 3.
IIRC Locke does mention in Brooklyn Bank that he's going to pay off the Butcher, but she did also swear bloody revenge on him during Alaskan Deal and she doesn't seem the type to forgive so easily, so I'm genuinely unsure what they're going to do with her character. It could go either way, really.
Ad for that matter, Locke still needs to get a Live-Action portrayal! It's been three years since Point Break's 2015 version (Don't think of connecting the Keanu Reeves & Patrick Swayze one!), and he still hasn't been given that treatment even with Ian Russell. Is Locke's face even based on Mr. Russell, or was it created from scratch like Jacket's one?
Yep, if Locke's going to replace Bain I'd love him getting a live actor.
The Sosa Cartel killed some of her low-ranking mooks and stole her merchandise. Her response is to decapitate the entire Sosa cartel by killing their leader.
The Alaskan Deal had pretty much the same thing happen to her, but with FBI on the scene ready to take the guns as evidence and trace them back to her.
I doubt Locke even has enough money or leverage to appease the Butcher after that.
Honestly I hope the Butcher becomes an antagonist, cause she is just boring otherwise.
Do the color filters go with particular heists? I'd imagine Dinero being for FWB or Heat Street for a Heat reference, or In Traffic being for Heat Street just because of the name.
I don't need nor do I want another Hector, just take every last thing the Mendoza remnants have and then do something with that.
Spring break coming soon, I see. Hopefully with a weapon, preferably something great in the heavy AR-s or pump-action shotgun category.
Bless >:3 , for the time being there is this
modworkshop
Mod to replace the black loading screens with the Switch ones, source (the image is 1280x720p)
https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads/previews/thumbnail_preview_41223_1521134816_a5be7d977a999ee81377d402bf186927.png
Were the HRT ever added back? I read they might return with a difficulty rebalance, and I assume the "Death Sentence" or whatever OD was changed to was part of that rebalance.
I'm referring to the guys that spawned inbetween waves with balaclavas, white uniforms, and "FBI" written on their vests who wield MP5s.
I heard they were either unintentionally removed, or removed because they acted like glass cannons and were simply not fun to fight. (I agree they did a bit too much damage but they could easily tone it down.)
I'm impressed they managed to wrangle the Diesel engine for a good VR version of PD2.
https://youtu.be/m2-u_v-mHNQ
oh no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuJgpP-AXO4
About Stealth and VR. I'd love to see the ability to shoot while interacting as a non-VR feature. Maybe ONLY for Akimbo. (Makes little sense, but it could be a way to make akimbo more unique.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkXkgxw09w&feature=youtu.be
In loud shields simply are not an issue.
HRT have not been re-added in the game. Reinforce group removal was generally viewed unfavorably, as was the increase in the assault spawncap. It appears that Jules knew these would be unpopular, because he intentionally avoided mentioning them in the changelist. This has both a) made people who know about it really angry, and b) means that a lot of people don't understand why some of the smaller or more crowded map areas are now swamped with enemies.
Note, though, that I'm biased on all of this; I'm making a mod that retains reinforce groups and HRTs, among other things. I gotta say, this clusterfuck has been great publicity for me.
I doubt Jules is like some villain trying to hide all the bad changes
Perhaps, but I don't think it's very good when he says that "patch notes aren't for people diving into code" (I'm paraphrasing), then proceeds to lie on said patch notes by claiming that levels aren't as cluttered with enemies.
They probably did intend for less clutter but the spaghetti code striked, guess the upped spawn limit was to make up for the removal of reinforce groups. They need to reduce the spawn limit and give them smarter ai. Also what FSS value would make enemy ai perform exactly as the new vanilla ai?
I view Jules as a bad choice for anything balance or change related when it comes to PD2
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PAYDAY 2/RAID v12: Locke Your Doors
