I played a little bit of the original, and was insanely hyped for the new one. Preordered it, played the hell out of the beta. Had a ton of fun. When it was finally released, except for a few bugs here and there, the game was near perfect. I bought most of the DLC (As i was a huge fan) but then i started to see a trend, there were more expensive DLC's.
THERE IS CURRENTLY 110 (USD) WORTH OF DLC.

Following the games news I was extremely surprised to hear that they added "Unboxing" a la CS:GO or TF2. Now unboxing in CS:GO and TF2 has a rightful place, since it doesn't give you any edge whatsoever. But in Payday 2, they give you better stats?!?!? This added a microtransaction system where you could get a safe, or a case like in CS:GO, then pay real world money to get a drill to unbox, a key. This shocked many people, including I, because there was a post from *Alimir*? Saying that microtransactions will never be a part of a game. Later they, in a poorly failed attempt, tried to say "Hey, this isn't a microtransaction, you can get them from RNG card drops!!11!". I'm all for companies making more money, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ don't do it in such a way where you lie to the very consumers and *Alimir* said that they are here to stay.

I love this base game, I love the attention the devs have given to past things, like the Hoxton Breakout, and others. But this is just too far, the DLC's were pushing it, and now microtransactions? I'd say don't buy anything from these guys. If they lie to consumers going back on their word, why should we trust them to not do other questionable things.

NOTE: I cannot speak for balancing changes, nerfs, or buffs as i do not play the game currently.

TL:DR Overkill made a bunch of DLC adding up to 110 USD, then added microtransactions (unboxing which gives you stats while going back on a previous statement), and then they tried to add RNG drops to unbox said safes, to try to please people.

I played a little bit of the original, and was insanely hyped for the new one. Preordered it, played the hell out of the beta. Had a ton of fun. When it was finally released, except for a few bugs here and there, the game was near perfect. I bought most of the DLC (As i was a huge fan) but then i started to see a trend, there were more expensive DLC's. THERE IS CURRENTLY 110 (USD) WORTH OF DLC. Following the games news I was extremely surprised to hear that they added "Unboxing" a la CS:GO or TF2. Now unboxing in CS:GO and TF2 has a rightful place, since it doesn't give you any edge whatsoever. But in Payday 2, they give you better stats?!?!? This added a microtransaction system where you could get a safe, or a case like in CS:GO, then pay real world money to get a drill to unbox, a key. This shocked many people, including I, because there was a post from *Alimir*? Saying that microtransactions will never be a part of a game. Later they, in a poorly failed attempt, tried to say "Hey, this isn't a microtransaction, you can get them from RNG card drops!!11!". I'm all for companies making more money, but holy SHIT don't do it in such a way where you lie to the very consumers and *Alimir* said that they are here to stay. I love this base game, I love the attention the devs have given to past things, like the Hoxton Breakout, and others. But this is just too far, the DLC's were pushing it, and now microtransactions? I'd say don't buy anything from these guys. If they lie to consumers going back on their word, why should we trust them to not do other questionable things. NOTE: I cannot speak for balancing changes, nerfs, or buffs as i do not play the game currently. TL:DR Overkill made a bunch of DLC adding up to 110 USD, then added microtransactions (unboxing which gives you stats while going back on a previous statement), and then they tried to add RNG drops to unbox said safes, to try to please people.