More Perks! Coming this weekend: More traits! After that, hopefully moving on to content and other unlocks for a bit. Lots of stuff to test and discuss for balance! Read under the changelog this time for some notes from me. As always you can find all the new unlock stuff in the [ INFO ] screen for now. ːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanː IMPORTANT NOTE: The testing branch and retail version of the game now use different save files! This is for easy swapping back and forth between the versions without errors, and also for testing purposes. HOW TO INSTALL: Right click Death Road to Canada on Steam. Go to Properties. Go to Betas. Select Testbranch, no password necessary. ːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanː Changes: New Perks - Top Seller added: Gives you 1-5 extra food when selling things to the weapons buyer. Further levels reduce the tolls you have to pay to bandits, to about 60%. - Pathfinder added: Removes the first penalty event you get from every walking segment. Further levels have a 60-75% chance of removing the penalty from the second day, should that happen. - Hidden Potential added: Raises strength OR fitness, then lets you increase it over the normal maximum by 1. Doesn't tell you which. 2nd level raises the other stat by one also, and final level throws in one final point at random (but not to the maximum). - Natural Shot added: You don't start with a gun or ammo, but increases the maximum amount of shooting you can get by one. Final level raises this to +2 max shooting, with an additional point in shooting to raise it up. - Trademark Weapon added: Gives you a never-drop weapon, which can change based on your trait! By default it's an aluminum bat. Further levels give you a point in fitness and shooting. Full List of Trademark Weapon Traits - Aluminum Bat: Default, if no trait is chosen below - Fire Axe: Fierce Tempered, Resilient Type - Hunting Rifle: Calm Under Fire - Sturdy Cleaver: Nurturing, Travel Light - Nightstick: Inventive, Frantic Whiner - Electric Guitar: Civilized - Sledgehammer: Warrior - Sturdy Machete (!!!): Specialist - Parking Meter: Grappler - Chainsaw (!!!!!!!!): BERSERK! Other Adjustments - The Grappler + Ex-Wrestler combo now makes it so you can't shoot, since El Satan can't. - Tallies updated for all the Perk sellers. - Perk Sellers now no longer list the maximum ZP in a fraction, in their first screen. Still shows on the second screen. - Hunting Rifle no longer breaks if used to hit things with the stock in melee. - Sturdy Cleaver added. It's a meat cleaver that can't break. Surprisingly strong. - Rambeux Perk prices increased a little at the high end (stuff that isn't in the game yet). ːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanːːmeltychanː BALANCE NOTES Play all the new traits and perks! I'm hoping they're worth using without destroying the game. Trademark Weapon + BERSERK! giving a chainsaw will likely be changed. Seems too good. I'm looking at Ex-Wrestler + Grappler, seems like it may be a little strong. The combo lets you start with El Satan, more or less. Maybe the player version of Zombie Wrestler should be more tiring, but not prevent shooting? Let me know what you think. Pathfinder is possibly also pretty overpowered/exploitable? I can tweak the numbers but it's hard to ride that line between "lets you destroy your car with impunity" and "is a worthless perk". I'll look at giving an alternate way to unlock things, if you get stuck and can't beat a game mode. Something I'm considering is making it so you can pay points to expand your maximum ZP OR get +5 from beating any mode for the first time. Then get another +5 for beating Deadlier OR pay for it with points. Beating KEPA mode could then give something else besides +5 points, maybe. There's 2-3 more perks coming, and then somewhere between 4-8 more traits.