So, I’ve played a bit, got veteran and zealot to 30 and psyker to 15 and I want to give some feedback on systems I checked out.
General gameplay - it’s really good, weapons feel great, hitting stuff and shooting really nice.
Balance - it needs some work. There’s no point in using anything but the Power Sword/Bolter on vet and Eviscarator/Flamer(or Bolter again) on zealot. Other weapons may be okayish or good for some challenges, but they are not nearly as good as some specific combos.
Penances - it’s abysmal. No melee dmg with vet? Good luck with bleedthrough. Killing 3 elites by overloading yourself with Psyker? Hope your teammates like you rushing and dying all the time. I didn’t check Ogryns penances, but vets are mostly okayish (except that dreadful melee damage one), zealot’s are miss and hit (like completing the mission under 10 mintues one, I got it just because it’s glitched) and Psykers are absolutely screwed. I want to see a video of a person that designed his penances doing them in a public match.
Map selection - another thing that is so bad that is extremely bad. It didn’t bother me until it did and I started trying for helmets for my vet. Now I have to get lucky to play at the exact time this Emperor forsaken Espionage mission pops up just to have a chance at doing it. Also it gets reaaaaaaaaly boring seeing the same missions all the time. Just go Payday 2 road already and let us choose missions we want to play instead of this Crime.net knockoff.
Cosmetics - so far cosmetics look pretty cool, I really like the look of vet’s and psyker’s options. BUT it’s a shame that cool ones are locked behind penances which are doodoo.
In conclusion there’s a great game here, gameplay is intensely fun, but there are so many nitpicks and bad choices here and there that I started to wonder what were designers smoking and where can I get some too.
EDIT: Crafting - so bare bones I litearlly forgot it exists. Figures.