It's not that the Heavy lacks intelligence. He just doesn't speak enough, or potentially care enough, to learn proper English. He has a PHD in Russian literature according to the comics and is actually one of the smarter mercenaries.

Look guys, I know Heavy's got that PhD and all, but in his words: "Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe, maybe. I've yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet."

"Given heavy's not known for his sharp intellect-" Every TF2 fan: *ACTUALLY DID YOU KNOW*

For scout being the irritating Boston boy i feel like a dodge, shotguns, pistols, and bats build would work wonders. With the added mod that makes the "atomic punch sound effects" whenever you dodge bullets and the shear speed you can acquire, makes for a pretty nice setup. Scout would also probably want to complete the heists as fast as he possibly could

We're so back with the TF2 challenges. Btw, here's my take on the "Beat Payday 2 as TF2's Engineer": - Can use shotguns and pistols, however your melee should only be the wrench (for obvious reasons) - Only use sentries as deployables (so no FAK's or Doctor Bags; can be breached for Ammo Bags through "Jack of All Trades" Aced as long as it's only for your sentries) - No AI (as per usual), and avoid (or disregard entirely) using Jokers (as your main helpers should be the sentries)

You should do can you beat TF2 as Dallas

To quote the Medic (tf2): "I HAVE NO IDEA!" but I can't wait to see how this unfolds. Also: please tell me you killed someone with a finger gun.

The Heavy's weapons mod is so cool and really makes this challenge all the better. "It costs $400,000 dollars to fire this weapon... for 12 seconds." In this game, you'll definitely be making your money back with all the places you rob and all the money you make. Hope to see the rest of the Mercs soon, especially Medic and Sniper to see how that'll turn out.

I'm very interested in how you could beat Payday 2 as the medic. The leech perk deck works well enough while a crossbow and a handsaw are basically your only options. The twist for this run should be that crew AI is enabled since what good is a medic if not with the assistance of his team? I genuinely don't know how you could pull this off but I'm very interested in watching it if you do.

For future heavily-themed runs you should probably make the effort to check mod pre-requisites in advance and adjust things if needed: The Fat Scout Era was pretty exasperating after a few maps.

Medic you'd probably have to go with AI or a crew of mates and then make a build that boosts them, leaving yourself with maybe a crossbow just so you don't get bored waiting for someone to down. Would be a wildly different, but very fun run to watch, I think.

Always exciting to see the suffering you go though for us. Keep up the amazing videos!

Actually Heavy is one of the smarter Mercs according to the comics

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When "Can You Beat Payday 2 As The Sandwich" ?

"I'M TOLD they grow back" was a perfectly written line from a roleplay perspective

For scout's ruleset I think going a dodge build with double barrel shotguns (or modded scatterguns) and pistols only would be the move, with perhaps the extra stipulation that you have to actively speedrun the mission. For medic I would say this might require some modding, but doing something like jokermon with a mod that lets you heal jokers would be a potential way to go

Once you finish all 9 mercs, you need to do "Can You Beat Payday 2 As The RED Team?" where you're allowed to alternate between playstyles depending on what's necessary or what you want. That one would be an easier and probably more enjoyable way to play, as a reward for your struggles. Stoic might've made sense for Heavy if you think of the flask as a sandvich.

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Maybe for the Medic run, you have the ruleset of playing with A.I. (with them being limited to other TF2 character weapon sets), and bring in a support perk deck to fit Medic's support playstyle: Crew Chief to symbolize the Medics uber charge from his Medi gun; Gambler for healing when picking up ammo; Tag Team for direct healing; Leech for healing and invulnerability (uber charge), but at the cost of your life (and also just a better option for survivability in my opinion). As for his weapons, I'm not sure. Maybe the air bow and hand crossbows to emulate his syringe gun as close as possible; that or just download a mod for his weapons.

20:48 heavy canonically has a phd in Russian literature so they’re actually working with a lot of intelect

I'm excited about this new video plus the livesteam. Who's with me on this.

Constantly having to deal with snipers is just the Authentic Heavy experience

I dont know if ill ever play payday 2 again knowing that overkill has sold their soul to epic games

45:00 this actually isn't a first for the series, as you forgot to record completing Panic Room on your starting weapons run, alongside some others having their runs turn into corrupted data in the same challenge.

I hope you have enough offshore cash to fire his minigun for as long as this took

for medic : you play with a pal who's build is focused around dealing damage and yours is focused entirely on healing him. it's important that he cannot heal by himself in any way. perk deck logically has to be tag team, as it kinda is the same gameplay as a medigun, as in, clicking on an allie to heal him. in terms of weapons you could have access to the light crossbow and the syringe melee weapon. i guess maybe the MP40 would be acceptable ? its a german smg after all so you can pretend its a syringe gun

Wait till Kknowley learns about the Civilian.... All jokes aside, this is a great video!

as a wise russian once said "pootis spencer here"

If we go by the comics, Heavy is quite smart, even has a PHD in Russian literature. Also he has taken part in a stealth mission to infiltrate a facility filled with killer robots.

A Scout ruleset could have you going loud on every heist without any armour, relying on a dodge build. It might be a bit too easy later on in the run, but I think it'd be an interesting challenge earlier in the run.

The medic’s whole thing is helping out his team, maybe this time you could let AI do stuff for you while helping them threw it with healing (modding will probably be needed) for weapons a saw of sorts as a melee, deployables have to be healing items, and a syringe gun mod if possible, otherwise a smg of sorts will likely be similiar and a good choice.

So I guess next up is the Engineer, huh? That gives you a few options, but somewhat amusingly the Engie's iconic melee weapon is locked behind an achievement on Shacklethorn Option, so I guess you'll have to unlock that weapon during the playthrough. Fortunately, stealth is absolutely an option for the Engie, as anyone familiar with "Ninjaneering" will know.

Oh hell yeah, i was really waiting for this. Instantly added to my playlist! Love you KKnowley!

Man that Heavy voice pack seems nice Let me just install this *mod*- OH RIGHT

I love that at the beginning the thing that got him is that he forgot that payday takes places on the US so you have to get in on the left side

Been looking forward to this one! Hope you enjoyed it as much as i thought you would haha.

playing fnaf in Payday 2...wait that's actually a Genius idea!

the best part of these videos is always the flood of puns in the voice-over. thank you, yelwonkk, for another hour of entertainment

Finally a new video has released. I've been waiting for this for so long.

The fact you don't unlock the minigun until halfway into the heavy challenge bodes well for you

PLEASE DO ENGINEER PLEASE

I have been waiting for you do do this. Not watched it yet but I can tell it's going to be a good one

When Heavy finally can’t afford to fire his weapon at $400,000 for 12 seconds

I love how Heavy goes from quiet and contemplative to gleeful bloodlust.

I'm quite excited for the Scout run, it'll be the complete opposite with dodge

9:46 It doesn't take a genius to use plastic explosives, it takes a genius to use plastic explosives twice.

this is gonna be glorious, ive been waiting

Great run! If you do plan on doing one of these for all the mercenaries, I am really curious as to what you're going to do for the medic run; after all, a medigun doesn't seem like the best tool for mowing down cops...

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAHH, it's always a good day when TheKknowley uploads!

I want you to narrate my life to the people attending my funeral lmao, you are amazing at it, kept me hooked in from the very beginning. Thankyou for this masterpiece

4:46 i never even thought about that lmao, what a funny way to lose a run haha

Lore: The reason why the cops sometimes join you is because you radiate that Hoovy charm and also promise them a sandvich if they help you. :P Effectively, they see a Hoovy and switch teams just to defend the Hoovy from their former teammates.

Can you beat tf2 as the payday 2?!?!?!?!??!

For medic, you could get other payday creators to run a challenge with you, all as different classes, while you support and heal them through the career mode.

i wanna see this man get a squad together and do all the classes at once

I noticed you have now done 4 different TF2 challenge runs. What would your thoughts be on a 4 person TF2 run on Death Sentance?

1:53 Well ackshually heavy has a PhD in Russian literature...

31:16 Bro hit you with the "Soap trusted you!"

This type of video seems easy to make at first, "the hard part is the challenge" I thought at first but the real hard thing is the script. The script is full of tf2 references and the way you talk is also in theme with you playing as the heavy. This videos have a lot more effort in them than I initialy tought and thats why I like them so much. Keep doing videos like this and remember to not burn out.

ok but can you beat payday 2 while china games launcher spies on you? real tough if you ask me

22:53 Can You Beat Payday 2 As Freddy Fazbear. Can't wait to see it.

The commitment to doing the heavy run proper service is quite respectable.

Neat, another merc challenge video. Here's a shortened version of an idea I had for a "Medic" challenge: -Two players, one being the medic and the other being their patient, must clear the whole story mode. To partially compensate for having two human players, all heists should either be played with One Down on or (when applicable) be played on Death Sentence instead of Death Wish - otherwise, the usual challenge run difficulty rules apply here. -The patient can choose any of the previous TF2 class challenge run rulesets seen on the channel - due to the usual restrictions on grinding, they must choose one and stick with it for the duration of the run - maybe one of the Lifelines could allow them to change class. -The Medic is limited to only being able to deal damage with crossbows (representing the Crusader's Crossbow - no explosive bolts, but regular and poison are both fine), saws (representing the Bonesaw), the Stainless Steel Syringe and its poison effect (half Vita-Saw representation, half wanting to let the medic poison people), and Viper Grenades (in the throwable slot - allowing the GL-fired version of these would be too easy). -The Medic must take one of the two available medical deployables (if using Jack of All Trades aced, a medical deployable must be one of the two taken), and must use a perk deck with a team support effect (Leech and Hacker both technically count, but they're also both overpowered as hell, so...). -The Patient can revive the Medic, but is not allowed to trade them out of custody if they get put into it. The Medic is allowed to trade the Patient out of custody, however, due to how he can resurrect dead teammates in MvM by healing the respawn thingies that drop when they die. That's it, that's the restrictions. Lifelines would probably be Drop Difficulty (for this heist, lower difficulty by one level and disable One Down if it's on), Phone a Friend (for this heist, summon a 3rd human player to assist, who must also operate under a previous TF2 class ruleset), and Rule Breaker (for this heist, you may ignore one rule specific to this challenge).

Rip age restricted. cant watch it now lol Edit: YAY I CAN WATCH IT NOW

Didn't you forget to record Counterfeit/Birth of Sky on some other run as well? Also, I love your content, but god, your pronounciation of Sasha and Natasha hurt my soul

37:23 Didn’t know you had a vendetta against this heist tbh lmao

These videos are trojan horses for how much word play and references you can shove into the script. and I think you do an amazing job.

you can juggle the nuke bags on the longfellow as well btw, open the trunk and lay the bag behind it, you cant look back but still better than using the forklift or running back again

This is where the fun begins 😊

This was fun to watch

"some people think they can outsmart me...maybe...I have yet to see one who can outsmart bullet." A loud only chanllenge fits this and I am all for this challenge.

big fan of these can you beat type videos

in Combat Arms there was a mission much like Payday, where both teams would go for the same bust on the same bank. The vault had small piles of money that could be taken for score, and the more piles you took, the heavier you became, and the slower you moved. I would play that game (the whole of it, not just that mission) as a Heavy, with heavy armor, machine guns and rockets. I'd go into the vault, grab ALL the money, and inch my way out the front door by means of HMG fire and rocket blasts. nobody would risk picking up the money pile if I died, as doing so would slow THEM down, making them easy targets! for several months, that play style put the server upside down so hard, that the mods were forced to release a new character with extra speed and armor XD

I do have some ideas in mind for the scout build that could work: The weapons: for the weapons of the run you can either take the same path as this run and utilise the tf2 modded weapons or you can simply use any shotguns or handguns that resemble the aesthetic appearence of the ones in game (double barrel resembles the Force of Nature), as for melee weapons and throwables you could utilise any throwing knives (no axes or spears though) and the melee weapons are going to clearly be baseball bats. Build: Scout in TF2 is quite a glass canon, low health pool but good speed to manuver around enemies with a powerful weapon to hot hard at close range, rewarding the player for playing risky and getting close to the opponent. This should be a give off for a pure shotgun dodge build with some melee perks (due to scouts preferance of his bat). As for the perk deck, use something that isn't rogue in order to spice things up a bit. Rules: In order to replicate scouts nature some rules need to be applied, for one movement can onky be done while sprinting (no walking or crouching, although crouch jumping is allowed for stealth). For his nature of being very impulsive a minimum of 20 kills per heist have to be done with purely the baseball bat. For stealth heists it's your call since scout isn't known to be the stealthiest merc out there As for the medic build, we might see a return of Crew AI mods: The build will definently conatin mods, the overall idea of this build is to have a mod installed that makes jokers and crew members much more fragile but much more effective within heists. Your goal as the medic is to keep both your jokers and fellow heisters alive through the modded in medigun. As for self defense the closest things to a nailgun is the pistol crossbow, unless you want to have a viable weapon other than a bonesaw more mods are required. Stealth heists are your choice to be removed or kept. As for the ease of this challenge maybe the jokermod should be added again to make life much easier.

Fun fact: the TF2 devs said if they could remove any class from the game they'd remove sniper, hear that Overkill REMOVE SNIPERS

Finally we now know how Heavy is able to pay to fire his gun for more than 12 seconds

Wonderful video! Have you considered doing a "Can you beat Payday 2 as Payday the Heist?" type run? Of course there's quite a bit of weapon overlap between the games naturally, but there's also a number of mods to help relive the golden age that would be very interesting to see.

For the medics challenge you should try to use as many healing items and perks with crossbows and saws as your weapons and maybe something that can resemble a syringe gun.

I'm excited for Sniper as he's very versatile with snipers, smgs, and even bows for stealth Also i'm thinking for Scout to maybe have a dodge build, and be limited to lever action and break action shotguns, pistols, and the throwing axes (Flying Guillotine), and of course a bat

For the Scout challenge I could see the restrictions being No Armor + armor skills allowed unless mandatory for other skills, Mosconi 12g, Chimano 88 (or custom) Pistol, and Lucille bat for weapon restrictions.

You should do a multiplayer challenge based on TF2 once you finish all the individual characters. One playing medic, one playing demo man or soldier, one playing scout, and one playing engineer, everyone plays spy on stealth heists obviously.

Heavy, Spy, Engineer, and the Medic all have multiple degrees between them. Heavy specifically has a doctorate (I think) in Russian Literature.

I actually tried to make a scout loadout at one point. It was certainly fun and exciting, though snipers were an issue. For weapons, double barrel shotguns are a given, and for secondaries I'd say specifically pistols with lower damage but higher fire rate. Pistols are such a broad spectrum that there isn't really a better way to narrow it down. Bats for melee of course, and you need to make a point of getting some bat kills in every heist once you have them available. (Bloodthirst bat hits were actually how I dealt with Dozers. Turns out a double barrel and a low damage pistol aren't great for them.) Speedy dodge build is the way to go here, if you have stopped moving for more than 5 seconds you aren't Scouting hard enough.

I wonder if a lifeline could be implemented that would permit a certain amount of level grinding, which is currently not permitted. Would probably require some restrictions in itself, too, to make some sense. Like only allowing it on heists not tackled in the career mode.

I actually do have an idea for medic, do it last, full team of 4 people but they have to stick to a previous challenge runs rule set, only the crossbows (unless you can figure out a replacement for the syringe gun), and you are only allowed to do a healing build.

I havent even started and i can akredy see that loud heists are going to be both fun and a pain on such a high dificulty and steakth heists will also be hard unless knowley plans on doing a stealth heist bare handed

I wanna watch this whole video but nothing can possibly be funnier than getting into the wrong seat on the car 😂

I kinda thank it is funny that the Hu long heater saved the run. The universally declared downgrade from stock.

For a sniper run, I'd say you can only use bolt action sniper rifles with at least the stock scope. Any other scopes you attach must be at least the stock scope's magnification. You also must scope in through the main scope for every shot, no hip firing or using canted sights. For an extra lifeline, you can take a submachine gun into a single heist that you can use however you see fit.

Medic could be done with smg/crossbow combo for needlegun/crusader combo. As for perk deck i would have to say gambler fits the style of the blutsauger.

watching your challenge videos really makes me want to play payday again but then i always remember why i stopped

Hey, the TF2 shotgun has great damage potential! 90 dmg is no joke up close

Fun fact: heavy has actually named every minigun you mentioned it goes Sasha>Stock/Iron Curtain, Natascha>Natascha, Svetlana>Tomislav, Sheila>Huo-Long Heater, and lastly Oksana>Brass Beast (this comes from "The Showdown" comic)

9:41 that cop went flying

Is just me or does this guy sound like the Captain of a flight explaining the safety protocols. Especially at the start when he highlights the rules. Lol

37:58 That Cloaker truly does deserve a perfect 10!

I love how the medic bag got turned into Sandvich

The new heavy update lookin mighty fine

31:16 Soap trusted you!