05/12/2024
ZOMBIES SEASON 1.5 INFO QUICK ROUNDUP:
Citadelle Des Morts:
-Based on arthurian myth and legends
-Takes place in a medieval castle and village in France
-Enemies include parasites, vermin, amalgams, and the Doppelghast
-The Doppelghast can "dodge" attacks, has a ranged attack, and has a quick melee attack
-Four new elemental weapons, dubbed the "bastard swords". One creates a fireball, one is basically the wunderwaffe, one is basically a gersh device, and another "fills you with light".
-All of the Terminus main characters return, additionally adding S.A.M and Ravenov
-Completing the easter egg gives you Weaver's "Jackknife" skin
Vulture Aid:
-Enemies drop more ground-loot, including essence vials and ammo.
-Major augments include "auto-pickup loot from farther away", "critical kills have a chance to drop extra salvage", and "zombies have a higher chance of dropping your current equipment."
-Minor augments include "zombies have a chance to create a field-upgrade charging gas cloud", "zombies have a chance to create a concealing gas cloud", and "vulture aid ammo drops give more ammo to wonder weapons".
Light Rend:
-New ammo mod that is obtained from the christmas event
-Creates healing orbs that drop when you kill a zombie
-Major augments include "healing orb damages zombies that touch it", "activates on elite enemies and drops thre more orbs", and "consuming an orb allows you to heal faster"
-Minor augments include "orb lifetime is increased", "orb replenishes more health", and "increases range orb will move to an ally".
Tesla Storm:
-Returning field upgrade that is obtained from the christmas event
-Connects to other players and creates a stunning and damaging line
-Major augments include "damage increased by number of connected allies", "stuns and damages all nearby enemies on activation", "creates a lethal surge of electricity around you on activation".
-Minor augments include "Increases range the electric tether can connect to allies", "movement speed increased", and "increase tesla storm duration".
Gobblegums:
-Power Keg, Time Out, and Holiday Cheer.
-Power Keg creates a full power powerup (obtained through the Gobblegum Mania event)
-Time Out ends the round and stops zombies from spawning for 3 minutes (Gobblegum Mania Event)
-Holiday Cheer creates a wreath around zombies (obtained normally or through Jingle Hells)
Tutorial Mode:
-A new tutorial mode will be added
Jingle Hells:
-Takes place on Liberty Falls
-Easter Egg is live (gives standard completion rewards)
-No Crafting Tables or Arsenal machines
-New festive audio + santa claus flying in the sky?
-Gobblegum gifts, which can give you the new "Holiday Cheer" gobblegum
-Snowball piles, which give you 5 snowballs to throw at zombies
-"Naughty or Nice" powerup, which gives you presents or vermin
-Snowmen, which can hide zombies or loot
-Present boxes, which can give in-game loot
-S.A.M.T.A trials, which are SAM trials but with a Christmas theme and they also give free present boxes when they spawn
-Frozen Rounds, which causes you to slow down unless you're indoors
-New enemy skins
Events:
-Gumball Mania (Dec 5-19), progressed through eating gobblegums. Gives you a ton of gobblegum-themed rewards.
-Merry Mayhem (Dec 5-19), progressed through XP. Gives you a ton of zombies-themed rewards.
Mechanic Changes:
-Mangler spawns from mid-high rounds reduced. They have a maximum cap that caps out at round 100, and have reduced arm cannon health.
-Special round length is reduced via less spawns and spawn delay rate
-Parasite damage between rounds 31-91 is now scaled
-Increased damage scaling for base zombies from round 150-400
Additionally, there seems to be a squid game LTM coming.