Hey Heisters!
This weekend, we’re opening an Open Beta for a new gameplay system:🔥HEAT🔥!
With this beta we want to get your feedback on how you engage and use the system, and how it changes your heisting experience!
How it works:
🔥The rules are simple🔥
During the assault, a bar appears under the assault banner. The bar fills up when you kill enemies.
When the bar is full, congrats! You’ve pushed the cops back! The assault ends, and the police will start regrouping!
What we’re particularly curious about:
How would you rate the usefulness of this new feature to you from 1-10? And why?
How much team/individual effort did it take to fill the bar?
If you managed to fill the bar, did it feel rewarding?
Was it clear to you when HEAT reached the maximum level?
Any general thoughts on the feature?
Some feedback from this beta will be addressed in the 3.6 release. If we decide to continue developing the feature, bigger improvements will be implemented in a later patch later this year.
How to access the playtest
The playtest will be running on a separate branch on Steam. To switch branch, you need to right click on PAYDAY 3 in your Steam Library and select "Properties".
In the window that pops up, navigate to the "Game Versions & Beta" tab. Select the Open Beta in the list you see here.
Then launch the game as normal!
Additional information
As this Playtest runs on a different backend than the regular live version of PAYDAY 3, your progress WILL NOT CARRY OVER. You will be starting from the beginning in terms of progression in the playtest build. We recommend playing the Crowd Control Tutorial before you start playtesting, to quickly gain 150 levels and millions in cash.
Your progression in PAYDAY 3 will not be affected by what happens on the playtest branch. You'll have your regular level and weapons/loadouts once you're back to the normal version.