Overkill broke a promise that Payday 2 would never have microtransactions. They then, after upsetting a huge part of the community, add stat buffs to skins and give one safe to owners of the completely overkill pack as the "secret prize".

New safes are free to open, older ones require drills to open. Completely overkill pack owners were given quite a few "better looking" variants of masks to help make up for the safe. Team boosts can be gained from end of mission rewards and can be applied to most weapons(it will also override any skin boosts, skin boosts are often more powerful). 314 skins all have a chance to have boosts of some type or another

I have played this game quite a bit, and I can say its worth getting during a sale.

There are some great mods out there that help improve the HUD, make the game more (or less) challenging (Don't use stuff like this in public lobbies, poeple generally don't like it), and even AI improvements.


TL:DR;
Promises were broken and microtransactions were added.
Sale prices are good and there are mods.

Overkill broke a promise that Payday 2 would never have microtransactions. They then, after upsetting a huge part of the community, add stat buffs to skins and give one safe to owners of the completely overkill pack as the "secret prize". New safes are free to open, older ones require drills to open. Completely overkill pack owners were given quite a few "better looking" variants of masks to help make up for the safe. Team boosts can be gained from end of mission rewards and can be applied to most weapons(it will also override any skin boosts, skin boosts are often more powerful). 314 skins all have a chance to have boosts of some type or another I have played this game quite a bit, and I can say its worth getting during a sale. There are some great mods out there that help improve the HUD, make the game more (or less) challenging (Don't use stuff like this in public lobbies, poeple generally don't like it), and even AI improvements. TL:DR; Promises were broken and microtransactions were added. Sale prices are good and there are mods.