Campaign Unlock Choices
During the campaign, weapon, grenade and shield unlocks now give player the choice between several randomized options instead of predetermined items.
Victory Ranks
A new rank system has been implemented to give the player a better sense of achievement when completing a mission. This applies to all game modes.
The S Rank can be reached by completing all mission objectives and taking no damage to either your agents or civilians.
This will double the XP reward in campaign missions.
XP Balancing
Speaking of XP, the thresholds for character skills and weapon type specializations have been lowered. This means that skill points and specialist levels for weapon types will be easier to unlock.
The speed at which weapon attachments are unlocked has been reduced. But they are now correctly mentioned in campaign mission reports.
Improved Paths
The size of the pathfinding grid has been reduced to allow smoother path drawing.
A new simplification pass has also been implemented to straighten the trajectories.
In the same spirit, the auto-path (double click or shift+click) has been improved to allow shorter, more direct paths.
Here is a before/after comparison of the way paths are drawn:
And a comparison of the final paths:
Biomes
An early version of the biome system comes with Beta 16.
A biome defines the mood of a map generated by the game. Each biome uses a set of room types. Each type determines which props will be used in these rooms.
For instance, the "Bank" biome uses the "Vault" (max 1 vault per map), "Office", "Lounge" and "Corridor" room types. Money stacks, gold bars and security gates will only appear in the vault while flower pots or water fountains may appear in corridors or offices.
Here is an example of a Vault room generated inside the Bank biome (used in the “stop the heist” scenarios):
Full changelog
This update also comes with a lot of improvements and fixes detailed in the following posts:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1269020/view/3862464213291663481
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1269020/view/3862464213292058115
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1269020/view/5797888151176078999
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1269020/view/3996449472321529939
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1269020/view/4059500500987506505