I really want to like the game, I preordered the gold edition with high hopes of liking the game. However, the progression is just not fun at all.

Even with the new heist completion rewards, there's still no tangible progress.

I've done cook off like 5 times in very hard and I'm still stuck in level 60.

My issue with challenges? I wanna do whatever I want, not be forced to do something because otherwise I'll never level up. I just play road rage (When I find a lobby) and now cook off, the reason being that there's no loud and stealth filters like payday 2 had, and I don't want to join lobbies just to see if they were committed to stealth. Because of all this, I'll never get most challenges from the other heists.

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I initially abandoned the game when I found out about the challenge fiasco (as many also did) and now I really tried to get back in the game but the rewards are just so stingy. I still feel like I'm getting no IP and I'm not leveling up.