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[havoc00]

Sjögren posted on Twitter/X: "We are so sorry that the infrastructure didn't hold up as expected, and although it's impossible to prepare for every scenario--we should be able to do better." According to the official Payday 3 account on Twitter/X, the online shooter saw "slow matchmaking" throughout launch day and even became unavailable at a certain point.

However, earlier today, Starbreeze said, "[W]e're now confident in saying we're on our way back to full force." The co-op shooter sees players working together to pull off heists in New York City this time. Payday 3 released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S; it also was a day-one launch on Xbox Game Pass. Earlier this week, the developer dropped anti-piracy Denuvo DRM for the game just days before release.

Payday 3 Dev's CEO Apologizes For Online Shooter's Unstable Launch

Server issues strike another big game, though Starbreeze says they should be fixed now.

www.gamespot.com

 

[Raven117]

Womp womp.

 

[Perrott]

I can't believe that the game has no real offline mode.

Even while playing solo in an empty invite-only session, you're still connected to their servers as if it was a COD match, meaning that you can suffer from LAG in a fucking stealth game.

And that's not to mention the shader compilation stutter, again courtesy of Unreal Engine, or the overall lack of optimization, as I sometime get framedrops with both the CPU and GPU operating at only ~50%, wtf?

Also, this trend of having false "fullscreen" options in the graphics configuration menu has to stop. Gimme a REAL fullscreen so I can do supersampling from 4K. Starfield and Motorfest suffer from the same issue.

Other than that, I think the game is pretty good.

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[tommycronin]

Who could have seen this coming.

 

[nemiroff]

I have to admit that forcing people to sit in 20 minute long matchmaking queues to play solo is pretty funny stuff.

 

[Fake]

'Shits happen'.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Didnt even realize this was out lol, is it on gamepass? does it have crossplay?

 

[havoc00]

still getting server error fucking lmao

 

[nemiroff]

Didnt even realize this was out lol, is it on gamepass? does it have crossplay?

Yes and yes.

 

[Senua]

Standard

 

[Arsic]

All fixed now ? Was going to try on gamepass tonight.

 

[manfestival]

aaand another apology

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Please understand....

 

[nemiroff]

All fixed now ? Was going to try on gamepass tonight.

IDK how it is for others but all I get is a "nebula data error".. Haven't even gotten past the login page..

 

[Kerotan]

Even a blind man could see this coming. I put 1000 hours into payday 2 Crime wave edition and a lot Into the ps3 game but one thing for sure use these Devs have always struggled to get on top of things.

I had 2 option's, buy day 1 full price and experience frustration or wait until next summer get the ultimate edition for a nice discount and enjoy a fixed game. Nothing worse then an online game that doesn't work.

 

[Kerotan]

All fixed now ? Was going to try on gamepass tonight.

If this launched on GP it was a huge mistake. Servers were never going to handle. Should have waited until at least a month after launch probably even 3.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

When it works it's a lot of fun, but PD2 is by far the superior game still

• Sure online only, but if you want to play solo make it peer to peer, heck warframe is online only but still has peer to peer connections instead of just servers
• So solo game means setting it to invite only, but now you still have to "matchmake", incredibly stupid, at the very least it should just start a new sessions right away
• There's no pausing the game if you are solo
• Because of this matchmaking server behaviour, you can freaking disconnect with a matchmaking error when playing alone, this is the craziest one because you can be deep into the setup and then your progress is just gone
• There are no lobbies, so you can't at a glance see if a heist is or stealth
• There's no text chat in the lobbies so you can't even ask if it's loud or stealth

 

[havoc00]

IDK how it is for others but all I get is a "nebula data error".. Haven't even gotten past the login page..

Same

 

[Sybrix]

 

[ManaByte]

Still can't connect.

 

[jorgejjvr]

I can't even make a payday 3 account

 

[elmos-acc]

"Why do you guys have a problem with the game being always online? My console is always connected, you should get a better internet connection, I really just can not comprehend anyone caring enough to complain about this issue."

It was a dealbreaker 10 years ago, and still is and will be 10 years from now. Case in point.

 

[Phase]

When it works it's a lot of fun, but PD2 is by far the superior game still

• Sure online only, but if you want to play solo make it peer to peer, heck warframe is online only but still has peer to peer connections instead of just servers
• So solo game means setting it to invite only, but now you still have to "matchmake", incredibly stupid, at the very least it should just start a new sessions right away
• There's no pausing the game if you are solo
• Because of this matchmaking server behaviour, you can freaking disconnect with a matchmaking error when playing alone, this is the craziest one because you can be deep into the setup and then your progress is just gone
• There are no lobbies, so you can't at a glance see if a heist is or stealth
• There's no text chat in the lobbies so you can't even ask if it's loud or stealth

How is it these companies still fuck up basic features? For example, Bungie practically perfected community features and options in Halo ages ago. Is it really that hard to make sure you have systems that give the necessary information and that facilitate your community growing? I honestly think many current studios whiff on these things because they simply aren't gamers, so things we gamers would automatically consider aren't implemented because those things don't even come up in their minds to begin with.

 

[Winter John]

My experience.
Downloaded the game.
Scrolled past the legal shit.
Noped out of the sleazy marketing shit.
Noped out the next screen of sleazy marketing shit.
Got to a login screen that demanded my email address for unwanted, sleazy marketing shit.
Quit.
Deleted.
These morons need to understand that when they put their game on GP most people won’t tolerate their sleazy bullshit

 

[Sojiro]

I can't believe that the game has no real offline mode.

Even while playing solo in an empty invite-only session, you're still connected to their servers as if it was a COD match, meaning that you can suffer from LAG in a fucking stealth game.

And that's not to mention the shader compilation stutter, again courtesy of Unreal Engine, or the overall lack of optimization, as I sometime get framedrops with both the CPU and GPU operating at only ~50%, wtf?

Also, this trend of having false "fullscreen" options in the graphics configuration menu has to stop. Gimme a REAL fullscreen so I can do supersampling from 4K. Starfield and Motorfest suffer from the same issue.

Other than that, I think the game is pretty good.

Oh damn, the bolded is fucking atrocious.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Got to play a bit again, managed to finish the first heist full stealth solo, but then the game said I gained XP for my guns and skills, checked my gear and there was no XP.....logged out, logged back in, servers down again; smh.

Got to a login screen that demanded my email address for unwanted, sleazy marketing shit.

Cross play and cross platform progression is sleazy marketing shit? There's no game out there that functions without making an account to support those things.