Hi Almir,
I feel like there is a disconnect between Overkill and the playerbase at the moment. Back in time before Crimefest I feel like Overkill did a great job of listening to the player base and that was a large part of the success of the game.
We asked for more heists, so you focused on more heists. We asked for Old Hoxton so you brought him back. Even going back further than that with features like moving hostages, you seemed to focus on the issues the playerbase most cared about.
Now, it seems like Overkill is just doing what it feels like doing and the playerbase is left scratching it's collective head trying to figure out what the hell you are doing.
We wanted an overhaul of the weapons to help address the glaring imbalance between weapons. We got a $5 paid DLC to make the best assault rifles even better.
We wanted Hoxton and a female heister, who turned out to be Clover. But why did you decide to spend time and energy or Dragan and Bonnie, when no one was asking for more heisters? In fact, the bloat of the heister roster is one of the concerns I see people raising often.
You say you need more money because you have big ambitions, you want to fly heisters to LA, and you want to throw a Payday 2 con. But the players just want what we've always wanted: More Heists, More weapons, more content. I don't recall anyone saying they wanted more live events.
We waited 1 year and 2 month for Infamy 2.0 because you said you didn't want to release it with just mask, then you not only did that but added on a bunch of useless padding levels. Did you really look at Infamy 2.0 and think: "This is a good system. The players will love this. We are proud to release this." Because I don't know what's worse, you didn't and released it anyway, or you are so out of touch that you actually did.
One week you are telling us Thanks for your feedback., the next you are taking a shot at people providing criticism with statements like this:
To you who did not board yet… you can thank the others later. ;)
Thanks to all who understood its purpose and who supported us thus far! Lots of noise from people standing by the side of the rails – but for you 20 000 heisters that put your money where your mouth is WE SALUTE YOU.
You could have just said "Thank you to everyone who supported us." But instead, you specifically mentioned 'those who did not board' and 'those making noise at the rails', fostering a rift in the community along the lines of those who will and won't buy your admittedly entirely optional $20 DLC pack.
What's going on, Almir? Overkill used to listen to the community and do it's best to meet the needs of the player base. There were some rocky bumps along the way, but ultimately I was a sense like you were trying and you cared. Now lately, I don't know what to think.
Thanks for taking the time to do this AMA.