Payday 2 Update Brings New Heists, Weapons, and Masks

Originally, OVERKILL Software had planned to do a themed update as their next update for Payday 2: Crimewave Edition. Unfortunately, the themed part of the update has been delayed, but not wanting to disappoint players too much, the developer chose to split off the work they'd already done and release it as version 1.3.0. in the meantime. This update brings along a raft of new content, including heists, wepaons, masks, and a new character, as well as a large number of bug fixes.

The full patch notes can be seen in the spoiler below:

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NEW CONTENT

Feature – New loading screens
Feature – Team AI bag carry rework
Heist - Alaskan Deal
Heist – Cursed Room
Heist – Safehouse Nightmare
Character - Duke
Perk Deck - Stoic
Weapon - Brothers Grimm 12G Shotgun
Weapon – Crosskill Guard akimbo
Weapon - Compact 40mm Grenade Launcher
Weapon - Crosskill Guard
Weapon - Brothers Grimm 12G Shotgun
Melee Weapon - Leather Sap
Melee Weapon – Pen
Throwable - Matryoshka
Mask – Infamous Normal unlocked and given 1
Mask – Infamous Duke Begins unlocked
Mask – Infamous Duke unlocked
Mask – Normal Retro Chains unlocked and given 1
Mask – Normal Retro Dallas unlocked and given 1
Mask – Normal Retro Huston unlocked and given 1
Mask – Normal retro Wolf unlocked and given 1
Mask – Event Envy unlocked
Mask – Event Gluttony unlocked
Mask – Event Greed unlocked
Mask – Event Lust unlocked
Mask – Event Pride unlocked
Mask – Event Wrath unlocked
Mask – Event Mega Clover unlocked and given 1
Mask – Event Mega Sydney unlocked and given 1
Mask – Infamous Mega Rust unlocked
Mask – Normal Paperbag unlocked and given 1
Mask – Normal Golden Dallas unlocked and given 1
Mask – Normal Chains Gold unlocked and given 1
Mask – Infamous One Down unlocked

GENERAL

Fixed shield strafe animation issue
Fixed 2 subtitle strings that didn't match the VO on TRANSPORT: Train Heist
Corrected a typo in the Navy Beanie mask description
Updated some civilian models

AI & DIFFICULTIES CHANGES

AI has been improved to be faster at navigating on all the levels
Levels should be less cluttered by enemies
Maximum amount of enemies allowed on the map for the Assault to end has been reduced
Mayhem:

Enemies will take 33% more headshot damage
G36 SWATS should do OVERKILL Damage instead of Death Wish damage

Death Wish:

Whenever a Bulldozer spawns, there is a chance that it will be a slow-moving Minigun-wielding Bulldozer
One additional Taser is allowed into the level

Death Sentence (old One Down):

Renamed One Down to Death Sentence
Whenever a Bulldozer spawns, there is a chance that it will be a slow-moving Minigun-wielding Bulldozer
Whenever a Bulldozer spawns, there is a chance that it will be a Medic Bulldozer. A Medic Bulldozer counts as both a Medic and a Bulldozer
One additional Taser is allowed into the level
One additional Bulldozer is allowed into the level
Bulldozers will have 100% more health than the Death Wish bulldozers
Specials will no longer spawn alone and will have a few SWATS accompanying them
The numbers of time a player can go down before getting into custody is no longer reduced to 1
Enemies health is reduced by 333%
The black Zeal Bulldozer will now use an Izhma 12g Shotgun as a weapon
The white Zeal Bulldozer will now use a KSP Light Machine Gun as a weapon
Cloakers will now also drop a smoke bomb when they charge and kick down a player
Due to an issue, Cloakers will use their normal model instead of the Zeal Cloaker model

One Down

The One Down mechanic is now optional in the Game Settings when you buy a contract

SKILLS

Graze:

A new skill has been added as a Mastermind - Sharpshooter - Tier 4 Skill

Specialized Killing:

The skill has been removed and replaced with High Value Target

High Value Target:

The skill has been moved from Mastermind - Sharpshooter - Tier 3 to Ghost - Silent Killer - Tier 3

Ammo Efficiency:

The skill has been moved from Mastermind - Sharpshooter - Tier 4 to Mastermind - Sharpshooter - Tier 3

Trigger Happy:

Basic: Damage boost has been increased to 120% (up from 20%) and will now only stack 1 time (down from 4)
Aced: The damage boost increased duration has been reduced to 4 (down from 10)

Joker:

Basic: Converted units are having their damage reduced by 35%
Aced: Converted enemies damage is no longer reduced

WEAPONS

Car-4 Rifle:

Damage increased to 52 (up from 38)
DMR Kit damage decreased to 108 (down from 120)

MP9 SMG:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 36)

AMCAR Rifle:

Damage increased to 42 (up from 36)

AMR-16 Rifle:

DMR Kit damage decreased to 66 (down from 80)
Damage increased to 94 (up from 80)

Para SMG:

Damage increased to 55 (up from 38)

AK Rifle:

Damage increased to 56 (up from 40)
DMR Kit damage decreased to 104 (down from 120)

AK762 Rifle:

Damage increased to 97 (up from 80)
DMR Kit damage decreased to 63 (down from 80)

Krinkov Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

Akimbo Krinkov Submachine Gun

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

AK5 Rifle:

Damage increased to 56 (up from 38)

UAR Rifle:

Damage increased to 55 (up from 38)

JP36 Rifle:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 36)

Kobus 90 Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 56 (up from 38)

Compact-5 Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 40)

Akimbo Compact-5 Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 40)

Mark 10 Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Swedish K Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

Commando 553 Rifle:

Damage increased to 42 (up from 35)

SpecOps Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Eagle Heavy Rifle:

Damage increased to 98 (up from 81)

Falcon Rifle:

Damage increased to 98 (up from 80)

Gewehr 3 Rifle:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)
DMR Kit damage decreased to 61 (down from 80)
Reload animation has been updated

Gecko 762 Rifle:

Damage increased to 57 (up from 42)

Clarion Rifle:

Damage increased to 41 (up from 35)

Cobra Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 36)

Blaster 9mm Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 36)

Uzi Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 40)

Patchett L2A1 Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 42 (up from 36)

Chicago Typewriter Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Queen's Wrath Rifle:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Lion’s Roar Rifle:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Jacket’s Piece:

Damage increased to 57 (up from 40)

Valkyria Rifle:

Damage increased to 41 (up from 36)

Kross Vertex Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 42)

Micro Uzi Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 44 (up from 36)

Heather Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Akimbo Heather Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 58 (up from 40)

Bootleg Rifle:

Damage increased to 40 (up from 38)

CR 805B Rifle:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

Jackal Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

AK17 Rifle:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

Tatonka Submachine Gun:

Damage increased to 99 (up from 80)

Grom Sniper Rifle:

Damage decreased to 160 (down from 300)
Total ammo increased to 40 (up from 30)
Rate of fire increased to 150 (up from 60)

Contractor Sniper Rifle:

Accuracy decreased to 60 (down from 72)

Lebensauger 308 Sniper Rifle:

Rate of fire increased to 150 (up from 120)

Repeater 1874 Sniper Rifle:

Damage increased to 246 (up from 160)

Rattlesnake Sniper Rifle:

Damage increased to 246 (up from 160)

Nagant Sniper Rifle:

Damage increased to 480 (up from 300)

Platypus 70 Sniper Rifle:

Damage increased to 480 (up from 300)

R93 Sniper Rifle:

Damage increased to 480 (up from 300)

Desertfox Sniper Rifle:

Damage increased to 480 (up from 300)

Compact 40mm Grenade Launcher:

Reload animation has been updated

Version 1.3.0. is available for Xbox One players now.

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