Yet Another Zombie Survivors - Private Beta 0.7 Patchnote

- New stat systems:
	- Global and per-Survivor stats (separate for each Survivor in the squad),
	- Diminishing returns for most stats - no more ceilings or caps.
	- Military Training now offers much greater Survivor stat bonuses,
	- Infinite level-up upgrades now offer stronger bonuses for random Survivors
	- New stat bonuses calculation equation (“Base * A * B * C” changed to “Base + (A * B * C)”).

- New Horde AI:
	- Enemies units now work together to surround the player.
	- Zombies find blind spots around the player and try to fill the gaps.
	- Fastest enemies are now slower (most notably - Runner Zombies).

- Meta progression rework:
	- One general skill tree (old system of Cash → Training Points),
	- Skill trees for each Survivor (new leveling system - Specialization),
	- Upgrades and synergy nodes between different Survivors.
	- More nodes & higher levels will come in future updates.
	- Max skill trees level equal to the max amount of skill points possible to receive, which will be increased with future updates.
	- Previously earned training points transfers directly up to the max number of skill points needed to 100% the old skill tree (up to 475 skill points).

- New Survivor leveling system:
	- Specialization bar fills from the time spend on field and upgrades acquired on each Survivor,
	- Specialization is separate from Cash and Training Points (main skill tree currency),
	- Each additional Survivor receives a percentage of share,
	- Different game modes, maps, and difficulty levels have different specialization points gain modifiers,
	- Previously earned Survivor ranks transfers directly into new system’s ranks (skill tree columns unlocked).

- New Badge system:
	- Select badges before starting the game to receive stat boosts,
	- Unlock new badges from Survivors' skill trees,
	- Use badges to customize each run to your liking.

- New Difficulty system:
	- Customize your run by selecting the difficulty level,
	- New difficulty levels are unlocked by completing previous ones on each map and game mode,
	- Higher difficulties are harder, but offer better Cash / Specialization rewards,
	- Currently offers basic scaling modifiers, with more advanced changes and difficulty levels coming in future updates.
	- 56 new Ability Evolutions (2 ultimate upgrades for every ability).

- Revamps of passive-bonus abilities:
	- (Huntress) Eagle Eye → Bear Trap,
	- (Ghost) Protocol: Critical → Pulsar,
	- (Medic) Transplantology → Medical Drone,
	- (Medic) Field Surgery → Experiment 21.

- New damage types/tags & their status effects:
	- Kinetic - Injured,
	- Slashing - Bleeding,
	- Electric - Electrified,
	- Fire - Burning,
	- Ice - Frozen,
	- Chemical - Toxified,
	- Explosive.

- Damage type tag system:
	- Every weapon, ability, and their upgrades, that deal set damage type, adds +1 to its tag,
	- Each tag gives a damage type bonus and higher chance of applying its status effect,
	- Additional effect when at 10 or more tags of each type.

- Item system rework:
	- Reworks for almost all existing items,
	- Items are much more powerful on average,
	- You can have up to 6 items at one time,
	- Items can be replaced when obtaining more than six,
	- 9 new items & 8 old items temporarily disabled, to be updated,
	- Item upgrading/evolution is planned for a future update.

- Cash (Money) collected is now saved between runs, so every game now always moves your overall Survival Level further.

- Extermination Mode: You now receive Cash for each wave cleared (100$ * wave number * map difficulty * difficulty level).

- “Lockdown” option is now a permanent general skill tree unlock and can be used indefinitely in gameplay.

- Team Leader Survivor passive bonuses removed; this system will be reworked and re-added in a future update.

- Weapon Cooldown system improved for single-ammo weapons (Shotgun, Bow, Katana, Axe, Flasks), allowing for greater attack speed ceiling and smoother gameplay with these weapons.

- Balance changes to all weapons and abilities. Some notable examples:
	- Most stats adjusted to take the new tag system and skill tree node upgrades into consideration (many are weaker early but much stronger late game / on higher meta progression levels).
	- Laser / Blowtorch / Flamethrower: Applies first damage instance faster,
	- SWAT: Sniper Rifle: Attack range increased, further emphasizing its core strengths,
	- Huntress: Multishot: Has one additional arrow projectile on rank 4,
	- Medic: Flasks: Both flask types have +1 projectile on rank 4, and the second flask is always thrown at a greater distance,
	- Medic: Syringe Gun: Has up to 2 more syringes in its magazine (from 2).

- Item Pool: You can now ban up to 10% of your items (from needing to have at least 40 items unbanned).

- Survivor unlock requirements adjusted.

- Level-up explosion now deals 50 flat damage (from 15).

- New settings & options:
	- Overall graphics quality,
	- Ground coverage / detail density,
	- Pause game and/or mute audio when in background,
	- Camera movement style (smooth or stuck in the center).
	- Controller vibrations for gameplay and interface actions.

- Achievements requirements adjusted:
	- "Tons of Damage": Damage required raised to 9,000 (from 1,500).
	- "It's Over 9000!": Damage required raised to 90,000 (from 9,000).
	- "Gear Of War": Now requires 6 items (instead of 5).
	- "Third Time's a Charm": New trigger; get hit 3 times in a row without receiving any damage.

- Language & terminology consolidation (Money → Cash, Magnet Range → Pickup Range, Reload → Cooldown, Fire Rate → Attack Speed, etc.).

- New save game file / name change (YAZSGameSave_20230620_01.es3 → YAZSGameSaveFile.es3). Previous progress is safely and seamlessly transferred to the new file.

- It’s now possible to launch the game with the use of a different graphics API than the default one, for debugging and troubleshooting purposes:
	- -force-opengl
	- -force-d3d11
	- -force-d3d12