My favorite DLC has to be the BBQ Pack. It has so much good stuff. The Flamethrower is not really practical, but it is SUPER fun to use in my opinion. Also, the Steakout was one o my favorites back when Hoxton Breakout was the best mission to grind for XP on. The Steakout is a crazy good shotgun, although maybe not on Reinfield's tier. Also, the Piglet may honestly be my favorite gun in the game, it is a total killing machine on missions like Rats and Hoxton Breakout, and can wreck anyone in almost any situation. Also, the Poker is a great melee weapon for dodge. I bought BBQ the day it came out at full price, because flamethrowers look amazing. Oh and I almost forgot the Molotov, best throwable.
What is your favorite DLC, and WHY? WHY do you love it so much?
I do agree with a lot of the things you say here. I do believe Overkill is really going overkill on these DLC's (pun intended...is it really even a pun?)and I do hate the character packs. In my honest opinion, I haven't bought a single character pack because of how shitty I think they are. Why the hell would you want a new heister? Are the originals not enough? Character packs are expensive and literally none of the weapons or stuff inside character packs are good. The perk decks are okay and some balancing still needs to be done. Paying for characters is a stupid idea in my opinion.
However, I believe weapon DLC's are fine. They literally only guns to the game. Vanilla guns are fine. The CAR-4 is still in the game, and it's still really good. The default weapons are fine, if you are actually good and know how to mod and use them. Also, the weapon packs are really only there for fun. Payday 2 is a giant grinding game. Repeat heists for more money and XP, while making fun builds and using new weapons. It's literally almost a rinse and repeat. The DLC's just really help in spicing it up and adding new flavor to a game in need of a new recipe. Food references aside, character packs are stupid as fuck and they add a new person. Alright, cool. Some random asshole who comes in trying to be part of the group. GUNS on the other hand, WOOHOOO! More firepower please!