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OVERKILL_Wordsmith 2018 年 3 月 2 日 上午 8:08
A message from the writer...
Hello all.

As of late 2017, Payday 2 has a new writer in charge of in-game narrative and lore. Now that you’ve had a little time to digest the recent events that have befallen our heroes, I figured it was time to stick my head up from behind the ever-growing pile of parchment I dwell under. Call me Joe. I’ve been doing game design/narrative for 15+ years, so you’re in seasoned hands as we steamroll towards the end of the PD2 story. So far, you’ve seen my guiding quill in the implementation of our own gentleman adventurer-heister Duke, the Reservoir Dogs and Brooklyn Bank heists, as well as all the recent intrigue surrounding Locke, Bain, Garrett and… well... you’ll find out more soon enough!

Folks often talk about “what is canon” in Payday, and my own take on that is: EVERYTHING, in one way or another. I view the heists with the idea of them being anecdotes- legendary tales as told by the people involved, long after they actually happened. With each telling of a story, something always changes or gets embellished. No one ever remembers things exactly the same way; it’s the nature of the grape vine. Was there really a gremlin inside Chains’ shotgun that one time, or did he just miss the shot? Who knows. I guess you just had to be there (though Chains insists it’s the former).

I can’t promise we’ll tie up every loose end (some things are better left unknown), nor can I really talk a lot about specifics here, but know that I don’t do things willy-nilly or “just for the hell of it”. And while some resolutions might hurt, others will taste like blueberry pie and coffee. Fate, after all, can be a fickle mistress and her best stuff tends to be bittersweet. But I’ll certainly try to keep you entertained this year and beyond, with whatever comes next. So pay attention to all the usual venues and keep your eyes open for new ones, ‘cause there’s a lot of stuff coming.

//Joe
最後修改者:OVERKILL_Wordsmith; 2018 年 11 月 4 日 上午 5:55
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Finale 2018 年 3 月 9 日 下午 4:42 
Well hey there mister Wordsmith, you wouldn't happen to be able to repost your previous avatar image, would you?
OVERKILL_Wordsmith 2018 年 3 月 12 日 上午 3:44 
引用自 Nepgearsy
As long there's no more goat based heists, I think I can like you :alte:

What about a chicken heist? The Great Chicken Vindaloo Job of 2018...


引用自 Nahtu Ω
"Wolf invented Shrinking ray in lab rats" is now canon!
If you were sitting by a campfire across from Wolf, and he told you that story, would you believe him? And if not, would you be brave enough to tell him?


引用自 Spence2345
Jacket and Scarface cannon confirmed.
"in one way or another" ; )


引用自 Strider
Welcome to the forums ...
引用自 TJLClockizito
So... welcome :D
Thank you!


引用自 Gamerdude0072
Welcome, also what kind of games did you write before payday 2? just curious
I've been involved with a pretty wide range of stuff, from FPSs to RTSs, some triple-A games you've definitely heard of and a few indie titles you may or may not have heard of. Mainly PC and console.

引用自 Finale
You've been handling this really well given the chaos of the development cycle- my compliments!

edit: and really nice work on the research with the languages. I appreciate the ongoing improvements in the riddle design.
Thank you! (You guys are almost too good at solving them.) ; )


引用自 C6
I'm not sure if you are actively watching this thread or not, but I have to ask.

Were you the one who wrote the storyline entries ...
I haven't done any of those yet, but will be in the future.

I try to pop in when I can, just to get a general sense of things, but I usually have such a full schedule I can't keep tabs on as much as I'd like. So, apologies in advance if/when I miss something or other.


引用自 Finale
Well hey there mister Wordsmith, you wouldn't happen to be able to repost your previous avatar image, would you?
Previous avatar image? I've only ever had one avatar. I know nothing... nothingI say!
clk 2018 年 3 月 12 日 下午 6:14 
^^^

Nothing
Finale 2018 年 3 月 13 日 下午 6:26 
A note of caution regarding either posting ARG material temporarily, or putting riddles in other parts of the steam interface. The ARG in payday the heist did a bunch of this, and it wound up really screwing things up. This wasn't because of things that overkill did in managing the ARG, but for another simple reason:

It gave trolls the opportunity to create and introduce fake clues.

These fake clues, and the resulting conflict and accusations, caused the userbase to lose focus on what was important, or relevant, to the narrative that overkill was trying to create at the time. The whole event wound up taking months longer than expected because users lost the plot, and started chasing "fan riddles" made by people posing as overkill proxies. (The most infamous of these was someone who set up an account as "Deputy Callahan" and created a bunch of credible police documents with riddles and codes in them).

Payday 2 has a much larger userbase than Payday the heist did, and there will be even worse problems of miscommunication if a lot of ambiguity about what's "part of the secret" becomes a factor. So if you do use material outside of overkill's game or official sites for this, I encourage leaving it somewhere in a persistent state, so there's no ambiguity about what is or isn't a part of the intended ARG.
最後修改者:Finale; 2018 年 3 月 13 日 下午 6:28
Milla 2018 年 3 月 14 日 下午 8:18 
Well then as long I can eat that chicken after the heist. :alte:
C6FPSvtuberFBttvYT 2018 年 3 月 15 日 下午 12:10 
引用自 OVERKILL_Wordsmith
引用自 C6
I'm not sure if you are actively watching this thread or not, but I have to ask.

Were you the one who wrote the storyline entries ...
I haven't done any of those yet, but will be in the future.

I try to pop in when I can, just to get a general sense of things, but I usually have such a full schedule I can't keep tabs on as much as I'd like. So, apologies in advance if/when I miss something or other.
Thanks for the reply! And I'm glad to hear it, hopefully the next storyline update will feature the same jump in writing quality we saw with Reservoir Dogs then. ;)
Goblin 2018 年 3 月 18 日 下午 8:39 
Are you the reason that there has been a recent hate train on my main Man Dragan? If so I don't appreciate it.
Grey Star, The Rival Defender 2018 年 3 月 18 日 下午 10:30 
Though I uninstalled Payday 2 yesterday, there was one reason I hesitated.

It was because of August “Duke” Lindenhurst. My favorite heister across both games, by far, in all but outfit. A gentlemen extradionare.

So I want to thank you for making my last few months of Payday a golden age of of class, before I bid farewell to it.
Zook_ 2018 年 3 月 27 日 下午 8:34 
Hello mister wordsmith (if that is your real name).

I was wondering are you going to go into why people are in the payday gang? It does seem like some of them weren't explained that well on with they joined and why they are staying.

Do you also plan on having every heists to have stories or will we still have for a lack of a better word storyless heists where is mostly just about money? Not complaining greed is good but story is also good.

How much liberty do you have with crossover stories? Are they usally pretty lenient with there proberties story in payday or more strict?

Will you ever want to go more into peoples backstories kinda like showing there origins?

Finally, who's gold is in the first world bank's overdrill vault? Maybe its some raiders stolen nazi gold from world war 2?
RandomKenny 2018 年 3 月 27 日 下午 8:39 
引用自 Zook🐌
Hello mister wordsmith (if that is your real name).

He's name is Joe! It right there on the 5th line!

And Joe, we want that 2nd profile picture! You know, the one that says:
2.7188016444864e(31)MeV/c
xN5zCJ11KERkqNdWwz3QJVAqEkGuagkTR2443oETQ5c=

Comon Joe!
ArchiRider 2018 年 5 月 30 日 下午 2:15 
I see your game Joe. Something tells me this rabbit hope your digging goes deeper than most realized. I'm liking what your doing with the story keep it up.
Thermal Lance 2018 年 6 月 18 日 下午 10:10 
One way or another... Sounds to me like "I'm paid to fix this mess.".

Just do your best. Welcome aboard!

I sadly won't see much of your work as really... the damage is done on my end when it comes to interest in the lore. But, I'm sure others will appreciate your work.

Laptop 2018 年 9 月 29 日 上午 5:21 
I did notice a change in the story at some point, mainly events / type of heists become a lot more unrealistic and "supernatural". It seems the first few years of Payday 2 were still as "realistic" as possible, then things like marketing campaigns came in, characters from movies or appearences from real-life famous people and just in general "silly" stuff going on.

I still like Payday 2 but I hope that the 3rd game tries to make a return a more "real-world" setting and the events that go on are something that could considered reasonaibly possible, rather than superhero nonsense or goats inserted for a marketing campaign jumping around the map.
最後修改者:Laptop; 2018 年 9 月 30 日 下午 4:25
Raportul 2018 年 10 月 30 日 下午 3:02 
Hey, mr. Wordsmith, are you still watching this thread?
There's a lot going on and I have few questions about PD2 story line.
Could you maybe tell us chance(in %) of Bain surviving with this virus? Or at least could you tell if PD2's story will directly connect with other OVERKILL titles?
最後修改者:Raportul; 2018 年 10 月 30 日 下午 3:02
Tsuna 2018 年 11 月 1 日 下午 8:25 
Hi Mr Wordsmith. Why does it say "IT BEGINS" in your avatar pic? What is beginning? The explosions at the coordinates present in the tablet?
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