Payday: The Heist – Secondary Weapons Guide: Mark 11 SMG

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!

Mark 11 SMG

Unlocked: Assault, Level 5

Power: Low

Range: Close

Rate of Fire: High

The Mark 11 SMG is a silenced SMG with a high rate of fire. It’s perfect for spraying down a hallway of cops if you don’t have a primary weapon fit for such a job. Thanks to its silencer, it’s also a handy weapon for taking out cameras when stealth is a must. The Mark 11 SMG has ten upgrades:

Upgrades

Mag increase 1 – unlocked at Assault, level 9

Mag increase 2 – unlocked at Assault, level 17

Mag increase 3 – unlocked at Assault, level 32

Mag increase 4 – unlocked at Assault, level 40

Recoil dampener 1 – unlocked at Assault, level 6

Recoil dampener 2 – unlocked at Assault, level 11

Recoil dampener 3 – unlocked at Assault, level 21

Recoil dampener 4 – unlocked at Assault, level 35

Steelsight speed 1 – unlocked at Assault, level 14

Steelsight speed 2 – unlocked at Assault, level 28