Payday: The Heist – Primary Weapons Guide: M308

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!

M308

Unlocked: Sharpshooter, Level 17

Power: High

Range: Far

Rate of Fire: Semi-automatic

Being the only sniper-rifle in the game, the M308 really lives up to its name – it’s a hugely lethal gun at any range, but most effective at long ranges. Perfect for only one of the team to wield to take care of pesky snipers. The M308 has ten upgrades:

Upgrades

Accuracy 1 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 19

Accuracy 2 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 31

Damage increase 1 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 26

Damage increase 2 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 43

Mag increase 1 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 35

Mag increase 2 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 45

Recoil dampener 1 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 24

Recoil dampener 2 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 37

Recoil dampener 3 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 41

Recoil dampener 4 – unlocked at Sharpshooter Level 48