As Playday 3 players flock to its predecessor, its latest patch promises to fix more than 300 issues

payday 3 Even though the looter shooter recently received a major patch, it’s still stuck in limbo, with many players opting for its predecessor.

Since its launch, Payday 3 has struggled to find its footing. It at least receives regular updates, with the latest one released last week bringing 300 bug fixes and improvements. These include some UI improvements, some Nvidia settings (such as the image scaler, DLAA and DLSS super-resolution), and more consistency with the game now remembering things like “if you choose to show or hide” even after restarting the game. Story videos from the heist selection will also appear. ” The full patch notes also cover all the balance and technical changes, there are too many to list here.

But unfortunately for Payday 3, its biggest problem has more to do with the fact that all of its players are elsewhere – playing Payday 2. As of this writing, Payday 3 currently has only 193 players, according to SteamDB. By comparison, Payday 2 has 30,364 players, a ridiculously large number compared to a game that should theoretically be more popular. It’s certainly not a bad thing that people are still playing Payday 2, after all, it’s always frustrating when an online game gets a sequel while its predecessor was left to rot.

It’s not that developer Starbreeze doesn’t want players to come back. Just the other day, it outlined Operation Medbag https://www.paydaythegame.com/news/payday3/2024/03/medicbag-update2/, as well as plans for upcoming content in the game. “Armor has been a hot topic in the community, and a pretty polarizing one,” the developer explains. “We originally envisioned it as a resource that would eventually be depleted during combat, like health.” The article goes on to outline some of the issues players are currently having with how armor works, such as how armor currently regenerates. The methods are very limited.

To compensate for this, it introduced an adaptive armor lining that is regenerative in nature. “The adaptive armor lining won’t take permanent ‘trauma’ damage, but will also be able to withstand less damage before a large piece breaks. If a large piece breaks, you’ll still need to restore it with an armor bag, but in theory, you can Make it last forever if you cover it in time.” Hopefully this will be enough to start bringing some players back, although it may take a little more time for that to happen.