We all know that the vanilla descriptions of how the core gameplay loop of PAYDAY 2 works aren't the greatest. Are you tired of not understanding how a deck basically functions or want more information about a particular perk the deck grants you but doesn't elaborate on? Well, here you go. Using Hinaomi's Better Perk Deck Description (https://modworkshop.net/mod/26921) as a base and going through the Long Guide (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=267214370) many, many times, I believe I have (to the best of my and the communty's understanding) provided enough information about each deck that you can feasibly understand how it works. However, because PAYDAY is PAYDAY, I must stress that some numbers are fuzzy math.
This mod covers all 22 perk decks and includes clarifications, corrections, and actual numbers and stats. Included is also a list of the Anarchist recovery values, Ex-President values (Health Storage and Armor Recovery Speed) as shown in the images provided, and multiple notes among the decks reminding you about effects not stacking or warnings about the perks, such as Hacker and it's heal buff.
Example of changes:
Hacker Card 9 - Botnet (A.K.A. the reason Hacker Cancer exists)
* Vanilla - Crew members killing enemies while the feedback effect is active will regenerate 10 health. (this does not mention the extra dodge the card gives you lol)
* Mod - Your crew members regenerate 10 health when they kill an enemy while the pECM is active. This effect works as a buff, not a heal, meaning it will affect your crew members regardless of skills such as Berserker or Frenzy. Your dodge chance is increased by an additional 15%, for a total of 30%.
If you are aware of any mistakes or effects not mentioned in the mod, please feel free to post a comment about it.
Please note that the screenshots used are from prior versions, so some cards will have more information than what the screenshot shares.
Place in your [b]mods[/b] folder.
Mods used in images:
Poser - https://modworkshop.net/mod/19915
Menu Backgrounds w/ Hotline Miami Background - https://modworkshop.net/mod/17160, https://modworkshop.net/mod/22044
HoloUI - https://modworkshop.net/mod/12501
Colored Perk Decks (Cloud) - https://modworkshop.net/mod/35168
Tailor Expansion - https://modworkshop.net/mod/29063
yes i made the thumbnail in paint really fast don't even ask
* Version 1.0 - Initial release.
* Version 1.1 - Added screenshot that shows the Anarchist recovery values. Also removed a word in Ex-President's "The Perfect Line" to make it look a little nicer.
* Version 1.2 - My OCD forced me to add a note in Crew Chief. If you don't care about a 4 letter word being added, you don't need to redownload this mod lol
* Version 1.3 - Updated the main.xml file by removing the update function to avoid APDD reverting back to BPDD upon updating. Also renamed the mod inside the main.xml and reworded the note about Hacker's heal buff to call out Berserker and Frenzy as skills that it bypasses.
* Version 1.4 - Leech Update: Rewords the Leech deck to make it a little more understandable, though to be honest, the wording of it in vanilla wasn't that complicated.
* Version 1.5 - Removed the periods in the Anarchist and Ex-Pres value tables and changed the wording in the Kingpin note about damage to say "bleedout" instead of "down". Also reworded the Leech deck a little. Additionally, I added back the auto-update function (hopefully it works) and I added a little icon for the mod inside the BeardLib Mod Manager. Ain't it cute?
* Version 1.6 - Adjusted the wording in Crew Chief to not start every other card with "you and your crew" to better explain the deck and removed the auto-update function since it didn't work. Also had to change the last card in Leech. Turns out Leech does not give you 100% extra health, it gives 80%; the same amount as Kingpin. You can verify this by checking the total health on Muscle (100% extra for a total of 460), then compare it to Kingpin and Leech (80% extra for a total of 414), meaning the vanilla description is wrong. Further changed the wording in Gambler slightly for "Ammo Giveout." The skill is really hard to explain sometimes, so hopefully this helps clarify a bit more.
* Version 1.6.5 - Changed the wording in Burglar from "stationary while crouching" to "stationary and crouching," so if that word change pleases you at all, here's a tweak. Also took out the every's from the Anarchist table so it now displays "# seconds for # armor" for simplicity. Apparently I can't spell, so I also fixed typos and added a note about the damage absorption on the Synergy card of Tag Team.
* Version 1.7 - Updated the localization to work with BeardLib, so no more underscores!
* Version 1.7.5 - Forgot about the nerfs to Leech awhile back so I added stuff about the self-revive cooldown and the 200 damage thing.
* Version 1.7.6 - Further tweaks to the wording of Leech plus some minor corrections in verbage and word usage.
* Version 1.8 - Very minor tweaks to the actual mod itself, but I reenabled the auto-updates, hopefully I understand how they work this time. Also included dependencies and how-to instructions just in-case someone needs them.
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Instructions
1. Make sure you have the mods listed above downloaded and installed. It's really simple, just follow the readme or watch this: https://youtu.be/rin_sjSJIkg
2. After downloading this mod, make sure you have 7zip or WinRAR to be able to open the .zip and extract it into your [b]mods[/b] folder in the PAYDAY 2 root folder.
3. Get maidens.
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