Payday: The Heist – Secondary Weapons Guide: GL 40

Payday: The Heist is a four player co-op FPS developed by Overkill Studios (now a part of Starbreeze) which allows you and three of your friends to perform all kinds of stings and heists, ranging from stealing diamonds to printing counterfeit money. Reviews of Payday were widely positive, and is frequently compared to the likes of the Left 4 Dead franchise. There are many things that set Payday apart from other four player co-op games: the sheer amount of teamwork needed to pull off a heist, the variety of ways to successfully finish a heist (some may be done stealthily, rather than blasting your way through), the adrenaline pumping music playing as you gun down thousands of police offers, and many more things. The four protagonists (Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, Chains) work their way through heists usually wearing their trademark clown masks.

Since buying Payday when it went on sale a while ago, I haven’t regretted a single moment of it. With the ability to change load-out and play style so easily, it’s a game that I find myself going back to every week. Also, the randomly generated positions of objectives, guards and, in some heists, beginning spawn points, it’s safe to say that you will not play the same heist in the same way twice.

Thanks to the success of the original Payday, a sequel is being created and will be released in August – see this article for more details. To celebrate this, I have decided to help you out, with the ultimate Payday: The Heist guide. Through this guide, I’ll be running you through many things: special enemies, achievements, strategies for a heist, weapons and unlocks, and even more!

GL 40

Unlocked: Technician 21

Power: (Very) High

Range: Medium

Rate of Fire: Single-shot

The only explosive weapon in the game, the GL 40 really packs a punch when wielded by the right pair of hands. With the ability to one-shot every enemy in the game (apart from a Bulldozer), the GL 40 is great for getting rid of those pesky swarms of Cloakers or Tazers. However, be warned – it IS an explosive weapon, meaning splash damage IS existent. This makes it easy to accidentally kill hostages amongst the hundreds of cops. The GL 40 has eight unlocks:

Upgrade

Ammo clip increase 1 – unlocked at Technician level 25

Ammo clip increase 2 – unlocked at Technician level 39

Damage increase 1 – unlocked at Technician level 31

Damage increase 2 – unlocked at Technician level 35

Damage increase 3 – unlocked at Technician level 42

Damage increase 4 – unlocked at Technician level 47

Explosion increase 1 – unlocked at Technician level 23

Explosion increase 2 – unlocked at Technician level 28