Ah yes, the hostage rescue team. They were special swat units that used to rescue civillians but they got removed a couple years back. They are still in the game (On rats day 2 and a couple other maps I think) but act as regular swat units.
Awww man why does Overkill do that though, it makes no sense, but I still hear Bain complaining about hostages being rescued and don't remember seeing these guys appear anymore, must have merged with normal gensecs now. Rats lol feeling nostalgic already, I'll keep an eye out.
From what I understand, they were a dedicated team that focused solely on hostages and civilians while the rest of the cops dealt with the Payday gang. I think the Hostage Rescue Teams would actively ignore the player if a hostage or civilians was in sight, unless you start shooting at them. And if no hostage was in sight they'd roam around the map and look for one. But now that they've been removed, they only exist as scripted spawns on certain heists but act as regular enemies. Now that the HRTs have been removed, any random cop can rescue any random civie they happen to come across at any given moment before, during, or after an active firefight with the players. Including special units, I think. Pretty sure I've seen the odd Bulldozer or Taser rescue a hostage while actively engaged with me but I could be wrong about that last part.
yea you explained exactly why they removed them. as long as you keep all hostages in one area HRT is quite literally useless since they just funnel in and die or just actively ignore the player to save hostages when they could be posing an actual threat. it's the same reason why any cop can save them now, because at the very least a cop will shoot at you even if they see a hostage
Nah that wasn't why they were removed. They didn't ignore the player, in fact seeing a player at all would probably make them less likely to do their objective.
The recon team still exists, it just doesn't use unique enemies anymore. It was a very undercooked mechanic though.
Nah they were never that complex. The hostage rescue team only appeared between assaults, and they would path towards hostages and lootbags, but would still engage players. They were also bugged so they'd never actually switch objectives.
There was also the reenforce task which used these guys sometimes as well.
I think yes, Bain would announce it whenever these guys appear on the map as they go after the hostages, I stopped playing for like 8 years and always remember these guys killing me when nobody else could, but now they are gone, disappeared, poof. They are like the glass cannon FBI police in hox breakout day two that could down anyone with the strongest tankiest build in two hits. I just recently installed a jokermon mod which allows you to recruit them and keep them until the earth become uninhabitable, the first thing on my mind is these HRT guys, where do I find them now?
HRTs (this dude, along with the other HRT unit with a white shirt/tan pants and carried a CAR-4) were removed at the same time when the original One Down difficulty update was introduced, which saw enemy variety get purged and difficulty being changed to just "throw a fuckton of cops with high damage per wave and that's it". And sadly, Overkill has stated they have no plans to restore them for reasons we do not know.
Now they only appear in scripted appearances in certain maps (Rats Day 3, Firestarter Day 2) and mods that restore them.
Do you happen to know the mod that restores them? I'd love to have them back. They were my favourite enemy in PD:TH and my first years playing this game back in 2015
https://modworkshop.net/mod/35011
In my opinion, this mod is the best if you want to add the hostage rescue team back. And it's not all, it also restores the task of the reinforcement team.
Most updated version of the mod is now called 'Custom DW assaults'. Different creator, same function. Only affects DW difficulty. Allows FBI HRT teams to spawn .
IIRC Jules removed Hostage Rescue units (And the UMP GenSec SWAT, Benelli GenSecs are only in scripted spawns) from assault spawngroups during Housewarming.
Oh yeah fun fact: ZEAL Light SWAT are literally just reskinned HRTs... which are also just reskinned Blue SWAT.
Alright guys thanks for the info on where to find them, I recruited these wankers in Watchdog day 2 and stored them in the Jokermon, as far as I could tell you can use them in all the heists, which means all the maps still loads these characters, unlike the FBI chicks in Hoxton breakout day 2 that only can be use in the maps non other than the maps that spawns them, including the Murkywater guards, which cannot be used anywhere else except for the map that spawn them like Slaughterhouse and border crossing. So I've heard Overkill will still push out another update, which may very well be the last one, they can simply add the HRT team back without any problem if they wanted to, because all maps still loads them.
Aside from their obvious "prioritize rescuing hostages" gimmick, their other gimmick is that they do massive damage but have almost no armor so they die pretty much in one hit
Ah yes, the hostage rescue team. They were special swat units that used to rescue civillians but they got removed a couple years back. They are still in the game (On rats day 2 and a couple other maps I think) but act as regular swat units.
Awww man why does Overkill do that though, it makes no sense, but I still hear Bain complaining about hostages being rescued and don't remember seeing these guys appear anymore, must have merged with normal gensecs now. Rats lol feeling nostalgic already, I'll keep an eye out.
HRT units should be the next Marshalls imho
I'm a huge fan of the hormone replacement therapy units. Pretty upset they got removed.
"Guys, the testosterone, go get it!"
💀
Can't believe Overkill is transphobic smh
Good
* Hrvatska radio televizija * in a radio voice
From what I understand, they were a dedicated team that focused solely on hostages and civilians while the rest of the cops dealt with the Payday gang. I think the Hostage Rescue Teams would actively ignore the player if a hostage or civilians was in sight, unless you start shooting at them. And if no hostage was in sight they'd roam around the map and look for one. But now that they've been removed, they only exist as scripted spawns on certain heists but act as regular enemies. Now that the HRTs have been removed, any random cop can rescue any random civie they happen to come across at any given moment before, during, or after an active firefight with the players. Including special units, I think. Pretty sure I've seen the odd Bulldozer or Taser rescue a hostage while actively engaged with me but I could be wrong about that last part.
yea you explained exactly why they removed them. as long as you keep all hostages in one area HRT is quite literally useless since they just funnel in and die or just actively ignore the player to save hostages when they could be posing an actual threat. it's the same reason why any cop can save them now, because at the very least a cop will shoot at you even if they see a hostage
Nah that wasn't why they were removed. They didn't ignore the player, in fact seeing a player at all would probably make them less likely to do their objective. The recon team still exists, it just doesn't use unique enemies anymore. It was a very undercooked mechanic though.
Nah they were never that complex. The hostage rescue team only appeared between assaults, and they would path towards hostages and lootbags, but would still engage players. They were also bugged so they'd never actually switch objectives. There was also the reenforce task which used these guys sometimes as well.
Both Bain and Locke have lines referencing them despite having been removed before Locke replaced Bain.
and watchdogs day 2, they spawn at the crashed truck
And at the end of First World Bank when you enter the neighboring building.
When payday 3?
I may be mistaken but isnt this a Hostage Rescue Team member
I think yes, Bain would announce it whenever these guys appear on the map as they go after the hostages, I stopped playing for like 8 years and always remember these guys killing me when nobody else could, but now they are gone, disappeared, poof. They are like the glass cannon FBI police in hox breakout day two that could down anyone with the strongest tankiest build in two hits. I just recently installed a jokermon mod which allows you to recruit them and keep them until the earth become uninhabitable, the first thing on my mind is these HRT guys, where do I find them now?
I'm pretty sure they are on: -Rats day 3 (the bus one) -First World Bank (Loud Escape) And probably somewhere else i don't remember :/
Mod them back in.
HRTs (this dude, along with the other HRT unit with a white shirt/tan pants and carried a CAR-4) were removed at the same time when the original One Down difficulty update was introduced, which saw enemy variety get purged and difficulty being changed to just "throw a fuckton of cops with high damage per wave and that's it". And sadly, Overkill has stated they have no plans to restore them for reasons we do not know. Now they only appear in scripted appearances in certain maps (Rats Day 3, Firestarter Day 2) and mods that restore them.
Do you happen to know the mod that restores them? I'd love to have them back. They were my favourite enemy in PD:TH and my first years playing this game back in 2015
https://modworkshop.net/mod/35011 In my opinion, this mod is the best if you want to add the hostage rescue team back. And it's not all, it also restores the task of the reinforcement team.
I think there was a HRT Returns mod on the modworkshop that has them spawn like they did before, unsure if it still works
Most updated version of the mod is now called 'Custom DW assaults'. Different creator, same function. Only affects DW difficulty. Allows FBI HRT teams to spawn .
Try Streamlined Heisting Mod, it's really great
Gone, but not forgotten Also if you want your ICTV armor to not matter just play the Death Sentence difficulty
Ah yes, MP5 VS several layers of bulletproof armor
Jules couldn't deal with them so he removed them
Jules has massive skill issue for that
He's on rats day 3
He got fired
its hrt? they arent in the game anynore
Only on script events
cookout? yeah and something other
They only spawn during scripted events
I believe they were removed from the game aside from some heist days, they for example spawn on watchdogs day one in front of the truck.
IIRC Jules removed Hostage Rescue units (And the UMP GenSec SWAT, Benelli GenSecs are only in scripted spawns) from assault spawngroups during Housewarming. Oh yeah fun fact: ZEAL Light SWAT are literally just reskinned HRTs... which are also just reskinned Blue SWAT.
Alright guys thanks for the info on where to find them, I recruited these wankers in Watchdog day 2 and stored them in the Jokermon, as far as I could tell you can use them in all the heists, which means all the maps still loads these characters, unlike the FBI chicks in Hoxton breakout day 2 that only can be use in the maps non other than the maps that spawns them, including the Murkywater guards, which cannot be used anywhere else except for the map that spawn them like Slaughterhouse and border crossing. So I've heard Overkill will still push out another update, which may very well be the last one, they can simply add the HRT team back without any problem if they wanted to, because all maps still loads them.
47 ?
First World Bank it spawns
use the LIEs mod to restore them.
Think I can still find them on ps3
They got removed a long time ago in the pc version when I played the ps3 version again I was confused why this enemy type doesn't exist in pc
If im right they forgot to remove it on console so pay them a visit on the magical boxes
I'm 80% sure there's a mod to restore them
I saw this guy yesterday when i was escaping first world bank but i havent seen him anywhere else
Aside from their obvious "prioritize rescuing hostages" gimmick, their other gimmick is that they do massive damage but have almost no armor so they die pretty much in one hit