Heavily Guarded Safes should have more value.

[Mathis]

After exhausting a ton of PWR to crush firewalls, enduring 2 Daemon programs, not to mention time invested, I walk away with 180 credits?

It would be so much cooler if we could find an augment or something. I'd even be pleased with more credits. But it's kind of frustrating when a player jumps through all those hoops just to walk away with pennies.

[HolyDeath]

You have to endure stronger security as firewall programs fortify themselves later in the level (alarm + daemons). I'd advise buying stronger Incognita upgrades. Even something like Parasite can eat through ICE easily enough, given enough time. Or you can use Hammer (breaks 5 ICE in exchange 5 PWR) or Damocles (breaks 3 ICE for 1 PWR, with 3 turns cooldown). There are also items helping break through firewalls.

[the truthseeker]

But sometimes you get this on beginning Heavily Guarded missions. Silly me, but I thought greater risk means greater reward? Sometimes randomly speaking, it's not always so (but yes, often is.) 

[HolyDeath]

I see what you mean, but you get 180$ from safes in the beginning. Later you get 280$. I will pay closer attention to this and check if it raises even more (I recall something around 380$, but don't quote me on this yet).

I will try to note what kind of safes I rob and write down the amount of money I get. I think this might be where the difference is. Difficulty might affect money from guards (I know I get a lot later on), the number of enemies and such, not money gained from safes.

I am not so certain we should even get more money from safes.

 

EDIT: Usual safe gives 180$. The other safe gives 380$. If I run into any other safe I will make sure to notify how much it holds.

[the truthseeker]

Detentions and layouts do NOT scale later. So if they start very difficult, you pay for it more. If I am wrong, please let me know. 

 

Thankfully Vaults do scale, just not always that well as luck determines. 

[HolyDeath]

I've got safes written down:

 

Standard Safe: 150$, 230$, 400$

Other Safe: 380$, 570$

Prisoner: 900$

Corporate Intelligence: 100$, 200$

 

I will write down Vaults to check if their content changes as well.

[the truthseeker]

I'm not as good as many of you are yet, so my thanks for this comparison! 

[satoru]

At least the vaults dont have half eaten sandwiches in them!!!!!

 

<obscure Payday2 reference>

[FateINV]

I don't remember the safe amount but i do remember the prisoner only gave me $600 for my troubles.

[the truthseeker]

Thought mine was 800, but point confirmed. 

[obliviondoll]

I think I remember a prisoner giving me over $1000 once. I could be wrong, or might have had a final total over $1000 and got them mixed up or something though.

[HolyDeath]

It looks like rewards for prisoners are changing dynamically. I, too, got 600$ in my first mission. Then I got 900$.