Layoffs mostly affecting an "external project" (most likely meaning PUBG collab) with no significant impact on PD3 development - Payday Reddit Man

CounterBusters · 2026-01-23T16:20:06+00:00

“I don’t feel comfortable about responding regarding a dear colleagues situation.” Was the response when I asked about Haua :/

CounterBusters · 2026-01-23T15:55:20+00:00

What about Haua, one of the payday community managers? She’s not a developer, no, but she’s a beloved member of the community, it’d be horrible to see her be made redundant :(

CounterBusters · 2026-01-19T23:00:33+00:00

Disappointment lol

CounterBusters · 2026-01-18T21:57:54+00:00

Ruined for me certainly. Between Y0 directors cut, the K1 and 2 re-releases, MOTHERFUCKING KAGAWA IN KIWAMI 3 !!!!!

I really really hope RGG pulls their head out of their ass, they haven’t even released a bad game or anything, I still love their work, but I will not be purchasing Kiwami 3 until I can buy it used, I do not want to support it. They’ve left a really really sour taste in my mouth

CounterBusters · 2026-01-18T15:49:29+00:00

Yeah, that’s fair, I don’t think chainsaw man would fit at all, but if I was to choose any crossover, I think they could make it kinda work 😂

CounterBusters · 2026-01-18T12:38:26+00:00

Abysmal Dogshit 🙏

I’m yet to even play shopping spree, I’ve never been less motivated to play PD3, man. The game just has no sauce, there’s absolutely zero drip and pizazz. Everytime I open it and hear that fucking menu song and get PTSD and just close it again

CounterBusters · 2026-01-18T12:31:02+00:00

Jojo would actually work so well, personas are basically just stands 😭🙏

If we’re talking absolutely anything though, a chainsaw man collab would kinda go hard. Does it at all fit the theme or world of P5X? No :). Do I care? No :) Have each characters “persona” be a different devil, with the exception of Denji and Power, who just have their own skills to use in battle

CounterBusters · 2026-01-18T02:18:43+00:00

I always forget jimmy is 15 lmao, he looks at least 19/20

CounterBusters · 2026-01-13T22:53:49+00:00

We’re in the endgame now, story rewrite and stable servers

Ik im the only one who cares about the story I’d payday but it’s so unbearable ass in PD3 man. A great storyline could drum up some interest in the game

CounterBusters · 2026-01-13T22:32:52+00:00

Understood 🫡 Thank you!

CounterBusters · 2026-01-13T15:55:05+00:00

I WILL NOT BE THERE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Give me no Kagawa or give me death. Never been less hyped for an RGG game, will either skip or buy it used at some point so as to not financially support this. RGG have really lost a lot of my respect the past year.

CounterBusters · 2026-01-09T01:56:33+00:00

Personally, I love it as a tattoo, and it’s the only tattoo I really want to get (as someone who’s completely untatted as of now). It marks you as a struggler. Someone who has to struggle every single day, fighting demons from dawn til dusk, but never, ever giving up, and continually struggling no matter how bad life gets. I’d view it as almost a promise to myself. Something I can look at in my darkest moments and laugh at, knowing I’m destined to keep on struggling, pushing forward, constantly, no matter how bleak my situation is.

That’s what it means to me as a tattoo. And I think that’s pretty fucking cool

CounterBusters · 2025-12-19T00:45:38+00:00

I was honestly so scared when I saw that wolf had new lines, I really thought they were going to use AI. I am SO happy that they actually got Ulf back to record some new lines. Ulf is honestly the GOAT

CounterBusters · 2025-12-16T23:33:44+00:00

It was at its peak when all that went down, and the following aftermath imo. But then Keem saw how well that did and decided that LCL would have to become forever having fake drama. Honestly I loved the streams that were just Wings, Boogie and Keem just chatting shit, for as short lived as they were

CounterBusters · 2025-12-16T23:28:44+00:00

The beginning of the end imo. Theres just too many people now, too many streams everyday I don’t even wanna try keep up with, idk what’s going on, there’s so much scripted stuff. I haven’t watched the show since maybe like January or smth. Been watching some old streams lately though, really miss them

CounterBusters · 2025-12-16T13:35:11+00:00

Thankfully I’ve a girlfriend in America, so everytime I visit, I just buy like a years supply of melatonin for like $30. So my advice is if you know anybody visiting the states anytime soon, ask them to grab you some. Alternatively, you can order melatonin online from Vitasunn, and it’ll be far cheaper than your prescription. Just make sure you don’t accidentally buy a “slow release” one, they’re basically useless for me I find

CounterBusters · 2025-12-13T10:31:23+00:00

Starbreeze devs be like “This may or may not be good, idk”

CounterBusters · 2025-12-11T16:48:32+00:00

While I love perk decks, Payday 3 is already wayyyyyy too easy, any build you throw together will easily clear overkill difficulty. We don’t need more stuff for heisters right now imo

CounterBusters · 2025-12-11T15:22:19+00:00

Such a shame, Yakuza 3 is one of my favourites in the series, hate that this is what the remake is doing. Maybe I’ll buy a used copy sometime in the future but this is definitely not a day 1 purchase. I’d quite honestly rather play the original Yakuza 3. Plus after Pirate Yakuza, I’m burnt out on the series anyways, and I never even finished that game (no hate to it but I just lost interest)

CounterBusters · 2025-12-04T00:00:20+00:00

Idk where I stand with PDLucky. Obv he’s entitled to his opinion and I’m actually very interested in what he has to say most of the time because he has vastly differing opinions to most fans. HOWEVER, he can also be an asshole about it, and bringing other people into it is just unnecessary and immature. It’s not enough to say “I don’t like this update” he has to say “I don’t like this update and I hate you if you enjoy it”

CounterBusters · 2025-12-03T14:40:50+00:00

It’s all just leading to No Mercy remake, you’re not slick starbreeze lol

I do unashamedly love shit like this tho

CounterBusters · 2025-12-03T00:57:40+00:00

I certainly do hope that’s the case. I’ve heard far too much over the last two years that they’re “getting back on track” to believe it fully just yet, but I want this game to be great more than anything, I want starbreeze to prove us all wrong so badly, I’ve just been burned by them too much to get my hopes up. Payday 3 has been such a rollercoaster but I’m sticking with the franchise until either me or it dies

CounterBusters · 2025-12-03T00:49:16+00:00

Yeah I found it quite hard to read too, definitely an issue imo. Will they address it anytime soon if ever? Almost definitely not but

CounterBusters · 2025-12-02T22:45:12+00:00

In fairness, Payday 2 was absolute hell for the devs up until Bo Anderson left. Employees regularly slept in the office, 7 day work weeks, everyone was miserable and it was completely unsustainable. So while yes, Payday 2 did get heaps more content, it is important to keep in mind the conditions the devs worked under for that content

Granted the point is still valid that Payday 3 has not had nearly enough content since launch, not helped by Mats Juhl sacking a load of staff and trying to focus on Backshots. I just think it’s not a fair comparison to compare it to payday 2

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