"He's Got Experience" Achievement Guide

How to potentially unlock the "He's Got Experience" achievement and the RISEN HOUSTON mask(mask shown above).

This guide has everything I used in my loadout and skills, so information and tips given to you are approved by me to be useful, that is, if this information is used properly.

Pre-Requirements

STAHP RIGHT THERE! Before you can even THINK of getting this achievement, you need to make sure you have the "Why Don’t We Just Use a Spoon?" achievement unlocked. Yes, that is the name of a REAL PAYDAY 2 achievement. To unlock that achievement, you must complete the Hoxton Breakout heist. This will unlock the "Nova's Shank" melee weapon and the original Hoxton, which are both nessecary requirements to unlock this achievement. To get this heist, you need to join the PAYDAY 2 offical steam group. It's public, so you don't need to wait for an invite to it.

FUN FACT:

The "replacement" Hoxton was Houston, which, for me at least, explain's why it's a Risen Houston mask that you unlock from "He's Got Experience" achievement instead of Hoxton's new mask. And I should say why it makes sense to me; Houston's mask was Hoxton's original mask from the first game, PAYDAY: The Heist. Learning!

Why did Houston replace him? Well, The heist's name, "Hoxton Breakout," is self-explainitory.

The Loadout

Have you completed the Hoxton Breakout to get the required weapon and character for THIS achievement? Good, because now I will give you a picture of the loadout and also give you the names of each recommened Primary and secondary weapon, melee, deployable, throwable, and armour.

The picture:



Primary - OVE9000 SAW

This is the primary because one of the achievement's requirements is that you can only kill enemies with the Nova's Shank, so it's best to have a VERY close ranged weapon or one that is EXTREMLY weak in general, this being the best Primary choice in my opinion. The saw can be put in the primary or secondary slot, but a specific skill is required (the BASIC version of the "portable saw" skill, but I couldn't find where it was either before my attempt and before this picture was taken) to have the saw as your secondary weapon. However, no skill is required to have the saw as your primary, so get this weapon as your primary, for it is pretty much melee-ranged and not very damage-inducing.

Secondary - OVE9000 SAW / Any weak, silenced pistol

As said before, if you have the required skill, you can have the saw as your secondary weapon as well. That would be the first choice secondary for me. But because I didn't have this skill before-hand, I had to go with my silenced pistol meant for stealthing. Any silenced pistol would be the second-best choice. Make sure it's a weak pistol in general and have a silencer to make it even weaker.

Melee - Nova's Shank (REQUIRED FOR ACHIEVEMENT)

The Nova's Shank melee weapon must be in every player's loadout for this achievement.

Deployable - Doctor Bag

I know that there's the First Aid Kit and you'd probably wanted to use that but once you hear all the achievements requirements (end of guide), you'll know why that the doctor bag is up here instead of that, and also not only does the doctor bag fill your health, it gives you back all your downed chances as well. The First Aid Kit doesn't.

Throwable - Concussion Grenade

Well, you could go this heist without using any throwable, but if you need it, this is the only exception. In the achievements requirements, and I'm pretty sure I've said this two times already, you can only kill enemies with the Nova's Shank, which also includes the grenades. If you were that dumb that you didn't know that it also meant grenades aren't useable to kill enemies, then you may not get through this achievement. The Concussion Grenade throwable is the only one that could be used that wouldn't kill.

Armour - Improved Combine Tactical Vest / Your strongest armour

This armour is the strongest armour in the game achieveable, but you need the ACED Iron Man skill to unlock it. If you don't have enough points to get it, then just use your strongest armour and hope you don't get demolished by the police.

The Skills

A proper achievement guide wouldn't just leave you to find out what skills you need yourself, would it? No, it wouldn't leave you there. This section is for all the highly recommended skills in a skill deck to unlock this achievement.

THE "GHOST" SKILLS

A picture of the skills:



The skills are:

DUCK AND COVER = BASIC

SECOND WIND = BASIC

PARKOUR = ACED

SHOCKPROOF = ACED (this one is the most recommended. Actually, it's NECCESARY)

THE "ENFORCER" SKILLS

A picture of the skills:



The skills are:

RESILIENCE = ACED

DIE HARD = ACED

SHOCK AND AWE = ACED

IRON MAN = ACED

PORTABLE SAW = BASIC (yes, I found it just in time for this part of the guide)

Thing(s) You Should Know / Do

What the title says.

AI'S COUNT AS PLAYERS

Yes, somehow your AI partners count as real players on your team. And even though you can now customize their loadouts, they'll still use their guns, you cant change their melee weapon, AND the saw isn't even a weapon the AI's can use. What I'm getting at? It should be obivous, but you can't have AI's helping you.

TRY PLAYING BY YOURSELF

Now, because you won't be playing with AI's, you will need to try to depend on players saving you and not messing up the achievement, because EVERY PLAYER must have the Nova's Shank melee weapon and can only kill enemies with it (I sound like a broken record but YOU NEED TO REMEMBER!). So it's best to try to pull this off solo.

Now, I don't know if the achievement isn't obtainable while playing a crime.net offline job or playing in a private online server, so make a friends-only lobby. That way it isn't really considered a "private" lobby and any friends who join should (and hopefully will) ask you before they join. That way you can tell them you are trying to pull of an achievement so if they do join they don't mess it up.

WHY SHOCKPROOF IS A NECCESARY SKILL

A few people may ask why shockproof is a skill you would want for this. Well, my friend, it's because of TAZERS. Shockproof aced says "♥♥♥♥ you tazers, get dat ♥♥♥♥ outta here," by giving you a % chance to get freed from a tazer without shooting the tazer, which.... you know. Aced makes this a, even better skill, because if you interact (F) with the tazer within 2 seconds, you get a GUARENTEED FREE from the tazer. talk about overpowered.

The Description

This is the description of the achievement WORD FOR WORD, so every detail is exact.

"Complete the Prison Nightmare job on the Hard difficulty or above by having 1 player playing as Hoxton, all having Nova's Shank melee weapon equipped, and are only allowed to kill enemies using Nova's Shank. You have to have played the heist from start to end. Unlocks the "Risen Houston" mask."

[gunk]

cops that have been converted with the 'joker' skill actually dont count. it makes this so much easier

[TimewornTinman]

You are welcome, Medicodog.

[Medicodog]

Gonna do it, thanks for the help!
I couldn't read all the achievement descryption cause in the achievements screen the text isn't fitting all inside the box. Now I know what to do :D

[TimewornTinman]

you're welcome Zolerox

[Zolerox]

Did it solo Your guide helped Thanks.