


You can’t get back into Casing Mode once you mask up, so choose carefully when to put your mask on. You won’t have your weapons and can’t do much beyond looking around until you put your mask on, but casing mode allows you to get past civilians before the heist start properly. When you are ready to begin, and in the right place you can hold G to put your mask on and transition to Stealth Mode. This lets you get your bearings, and is also a sign that you can delay or completely avoid the arrival of law enforcement via stealth tactics on that map. In most heists, you will start in Casing Mode right off the bat, with your mask off and weapons safely hidden away. You will also hear players referring to Stealth and Loud as styles of play and skill builds, as these two styles have distinct, and frequently polar opposite requirement for skills and equipment. There are three possible states of game play during a heist, Casing Mode, Stealth Mode, and Loud Mode. Mallcrasher, Jewelry Store, and the various flavors of Bank Heist are all very simple maps to go through Loud on the easier difficulties. The higher difficulties (overkill, mayhem, death wish, and one down) reach a level of punishment where even godlike FPS talent is unlikely to save you without having some carefully assigned skill points and appropriate hardware. If you have to go it alone, most of the heists with two skulls or lower difficulty (normal, hard, very hard) can easily be completed by a new player, depending on your FPS skills. I’ve found that many players in public games are extremely hostile to newcomers, especially those playing stealth maps or loud maps on the higher difficulties, so getting a bit of experience under your belt with friends before you venture into public games is highly recommended. Playing with randoms tends to be a toxic experience like any other multiplayer game these days, and the matchmaking isn’t particularly impressive. I highly recommend finding friends that already have experience in the game, as this will soften the learning curve considerably, allow you to get an initial boost in experience that will open up skill builds and weapon choices to you, and make the game more enjoyable. You can go directly into your first small heists at this point. Shout at them with F to release them.īy the time you finish the two tutorials, you’ll have a modest amount of experience, enough for level 1 or 2, and hopefully, cash to get a few small weapon upgrades. Z orders bots on your team to stay in place, they won’t move unless they are trying to revive someone.The Q key is used to activate weapon attachments (laser/flashlight).The Ctrl key is used to crouch and works as a toggle by default.The 3 button is used to launch grenades and other throwables.The G button is used to throw bags and place deployables.The F button is the shout/interact key, and used for most interactions.R to reload, V to toggle auto/semi auto on weapons with selectable fire.1 selects secondary weapon, 2 selects primary weapon.The right mouse button is used to aim down sights.This covers the default key bindings – you can customize key bindings in the game’s options. This guide will give you an overview of what to do after that, as well as a primer on the game’s stealth mechanics to help you get up to speed. Once you finish your business there, you should do the two “Basics” tutorials under the Crime.Net menu in-game. When you first start up the game, you will be encouraged to visit your “safe house”, a location that mainly serves as a trophy case to showcase your achievements in the game. Payday 2 also mixes in some RPG elements, with purchasable upgrades and skill points creating a rich set of choices that you can adapt to your play style. In a “loud” heist, you face off against endless waves of law enforcement officers, while going “stealth” you only have a handful of security guards and bystanders to contend with – at least unless you raise the alarm. Payday 2 has two distinct styles of play, “loud” and “stealth”, and most of the heists can be played in either style.

Rather than being a super-realistic shooter, Payday 2 plays more like the classic FPS games of old – the characters can take a little bit of a beating and rely on health pickups and other means of recovery to survive. Payday 2 is a cooperative shooter for up to 4 players, where you take the role of a member of a secretive gang of bank robbers to complete larger than life robberies, espionage, and other exploits. Payday 2 is a complicated game at first, so we’ve compiled some tips and information to help you succeed. With the promotion, a lot of players are playing for the first time. Payday 2 is not exactly a new game, but the game is available for free if you add it to your library right now.
