Servers have been having issues Day 1 with the glaring flaws of Online-Only showing themselves off, with the main issue on an educated guess being Starbreeze's servers just aren't big enough to handle the amount of players during peak user times, and despite qualms i have with the game I'm still gonna say I do recommend Payday 3.
Gameplay is miles better than Payday 2's, the few heists we have atm are all much better crafted than Payday 2's early heists, gunplay feels better and stealth is the best its ever been. The game IS actually fun, its just a shame a ton of peoples first impressions are only the bad side. So much of this could've been avoided if there was just an offline solo option at launch.
I'm not just gonna feign all roses though, i do have some issues, most notably the Challenge System, while it sounds good on paper it really shouldn't be the only way to level. There's nothing more fun-crushing than struggling through a heist, ESPECIALLY on stealth only for you to get one or none challenges done so your XP bar doesn't even move. Stealth, despite feeling extremely good to play is absolutely not worth doing if you want progression. All heists should, at a bare minimum, give you some XP based on difficulty selected.

Game's good, better than Payday 2 for me, just has problems right now. Online-Only likely isn't going anywhere for atleast a year or more if at all. Fix progression and add an offline solo mode, that's all i want.

Servers have been having issues Day 1 with the glaring flaws of Online-Only showing themselves off, with the main issue on an educated guess being Starbreeze's servers just aren't big enough to handle the amount of players during peak user times, and despite qualms i have with the game I'm still gonna say I do recommend Payday 3. Gameplay is miles better than Payday 2's, the few heists we have atm are all much better crafted than Payday 2's early heists, gunplay feels better and stealth is the best its ever been. The game IS actually fun, its just a shame a ton of peoples first impressions are only the bad side. So much of this could've been avoided if there was just an offline solo option at launch. I'm not just gonna feign all roses though, i do have some issues, most notably the Challenge System, while it sounds good on paper it really shouldn't be the only way to level. There's nothing more fun-crushing than struggling through a heist, ESPECIALLY on stealth only for you to get one or none challenges done so your XP bar doesn't even move. Stealth, despite feeling extremely good to play is absolutely not worth doing if you want progression. All heists should, at a bare minimum, give you some XP based on difficulty selected. Game's good, better than Payday 2 for me, just has problems right now. Online-Only likely isn't going anywhere for atleast a year or more if at all. Fix progression and add an offline solo mode, that's all i want.