Perks to get right away right away. Do it.
Mastermind tree. Marathon man (ACED), Cable guy (ACED).
Enforcer Tree. Transporter (ACED) Pumping Iron (Basic/and optional.)
Technician Tree. No essential skills required here but you will need it unlocked for the rifle skills.
Ghost Tree. Sprinter (ACED) Fast hands (ACED)
Fugitive Tree. Again no essential skills right away, but there is a skill you will find amazingly helpful. It is Run and gun (ACED)



More skills that you can get afterwards, those skills listed above make you move faster and work better with teams, you need those skills every time you go infamous (Reset skills for rewards)

Skills for snipers now (note that some skills require you to spend points before you unlock them to buy, so yeah. Get what seems most useful, but once you reach Infamy five (and follow my guide) Then you can get all essential skills much cheaper and have more points for fun skills.


Mastermind sniper skill is Spotter, only need it basic. When you use the shout key, it highlights the enemy (special enemies only) a dark red and not the normal pink you get when you don't have the skill.


Not really any sniper skills in Enforcer, but there are handy skills for when you have leftover points after getting all recomended skills I have for you


In Technician you will need Rifleman and Sharpshooter, both aced. You might want Nerves of Steel aced too.


Ghost has no sniper skills either, but Shinobi (basic) is good to have for faster movement.


In fugitive you'll want Thick skin (ACED), Duck and Cover (ACED) and then Run and gun (ACED)

That's all the sniper skills you'll need, the rest of the points you can use. I suggest working with skills in Enforcer so you can get ammo bags (So you have ammo for your rifle, and you can pickup ammo from dead cops, don't worry <3)

The perk deck you'll want would be either Crook or Rogue. Rogue is extremely high dodge with very low armor, while Crook has Good dodge with a bit more armor.

Infamy is the next thing you'll get into that will help amazingly.


The first level makes you get the Heat, a pair of sunglasses, Infamy two is where you choose.
Get the Slaughterhouse set first, it will give you a discount on Enforcer skills, meaning you can get upgraded ammo bags faster.

After that you need to get the Corrupted set, the Ingenious then Assassin set. There's no order you need to get them in, but it helps with unlocked skills.


If you have questions, ask me. Work on Crime.Net offline to get a feel for the game, and play it on Normal.

I also Suggest watching generalmcbadass payday2 on Youtube, he's funny and tells you what he thinks about weapons.