Brooklyn bank - STUCK!!!

[Bitcoin Baron]

I have used the saw to get in the outer door and the vault is inside, but it's got a grey patch on the floor like im supposed to set somethingg up but when i press G it's just a doctors bag and theres a floating exclamation point outside but theres nothing in the area and the tip just says "gain access to the vault" BUT HOW???!

[TEST]

You do know there's a wikia for payday 2, right? Might be a bit quicker to look it up rather than make a thread and wait for someone to respond.
Afair, you're probably supposed to wait for a drill, or something (a bag outlined in orange somewhere on the map). It might help to pay attention to the audio in the game, as you usually get told what to do.

[innerf1re]

Originally posted by crayzcrinkle:

I have used the saw to get in the outer door and the vault is inside, but it's got a grey patch on the floor like im supposed to set somethingg up but when i press G it's just a doctors bag and theres a floating exclamation point outside but theres nothing in the area and the tip just says "gain access to the vault" BUT HOW???!

You are supposed to go to the marked area and retrieve the equipment. It's either up the sewer escape or the parking lot. In the former you need to open the toilets' doors nearby, in the latter one you are expected to open the dumpsters. You will either get winch parts or have to wait for the pilot to drop the thermal drill. Along with these you will always find C4 and thermal paste.

[Bitcoin Baron]

But this is a problem I just seem to keep running into... the game isn't saying what to do or where to go. It's just giving very generic instructions. I abandoned that and have tried the hector rats meth cooking mission and not only is the guy on the radio saying a bunch of ingredients over and over, but theres nothing highlighted in the level for me to go and pick up.

This game feels like a waste of money at this point, it's horrible at guiding the player to what they need to do and all the while it's pissing you off that way, hundreds of thousands of cops just keep spawning everywhere, relentlessly!

[MadBone12]

Originally posted by crayzcrinkle:

But this is a problem I just seem to keep running into... the game isn't saying what to do or where to go. It's just giving very generic instructions. I abandoned that and have tried the hector rats meth cooking mission and not only is the guy on the radio saying a bunch of ingredients over and over, but theres nothing highlighted in the level for me to go and pick up.

This game feels like a waste of money at this point, it's horrible at guiding the player to what they need to do and all the while it's pissing you off that way, hundreds of thousands of cops just keep spawning everywhere, relentlessly!

Yeah, you need to look around and figure things out. Expecting every item you need highlighted for you so that you basically just run around picking things up is not going to help you learn the game. For a start, play the tutorial levels if you haven't already.

Listen to the instructions, go the markers and then look around for items that can be collected. Play on normal - it shouldn't be too hard. While there are lots of cops, they do limited damage.

Also, read guides. I read several before playing and during my first hours in the game - I read guides on what types of enemies there are, maps I struggled with etc. Post in the right sub-forum and ask people to join you - they could be new players also willing to learn, or more experienced players willing to help out. There is a lot of trial and error here. I was pretty rubbish when I started and failed a lot, but some generous players gave me lots of advice and I read guides to help me get better. You're going to have to put some work in.

[innerf1re]

Originally posted by crayzcrinkle:

But this is a problem I just seem to keep running into... the game isn't saying what to do or where to go. It's just giving very generic instructions. I abandoned that and have tried the hector rats meth cooking mission and not only is the guy on the radio saying a bunch of ingredients over and over, but theres nothing highlighted in the level for me to go and pick up.

This game feels like a waste of money at this point, it's horrible at guiding the player to what they need to do and all the while it's pissing you off that way, hundreds of thousands of cops just keep spawning everywhere, relentlessly!

I feel lucky for you. Being new to the games makes things more interesting, from my point of view. Youtube helps a lot, that's the way I learned to play this game.

[TEST]

Originally posted by crayzcrinkle:

But this is a problem I just seem to keep running into... the game isn't saying what to do or where to go. It's just giving very generic instructions. I abandoned that and have tried the hector rats meth cooking mission and not only is the guy on the radio saying a bunch of ingredients over and over, but theres nothing highlighted in the level for me to go and pick up.

This game feels like a waste of money at this point, it's horrible at guiding the player to what they need to do and all the while it's pissing you off that way, hundreds of thousands of cops just keep spawning everywhere, relentlessly!

I'm going to try to put this in the nicest way I possibly can, and I really don't mean to be rude if I fail in that, but you're kinda meant to use your own intelligence to figure out some things out on your own. The things you're complaining about are really not that hard to puzzle out.
I feel really bad for you if you feel like the only way to enjoy entertainment is for it to completely insult your intelligence by holding your hand at every single step, and not letting you figure things out on your own.

[The Least Interesting Chibi...]

This game is horrible at teaching players how to play the game. It took years for them to even make tutorial heists.

To the OP though... a lot of heists require you to do good amount of exploring until you get familiar with the objectives and map. So in this case you need to find the C4, located somewhere on the map.

You'll run into a similar problem if you play Beneath the Mountain, where the first objective is only explained by Locke via audio.

My standard advice for new players (or even vets on new heists), is stealth the heist first to learn the map, and then play on Normal difficulty to learn the objectives. After that... you can jump to DS-OD for the challenge.

[Sunday Driver]

GUYS, THE THERMAL DRILL, GO GET IT