Keep the group alive

Started a discussion last night about xp. I want back but nothing to do with crafting. I thought you could gain attributes from doing things; killing animals increases your yield in what u farm, staying alive longer increases your health bar, building lots it decreases the cost of your building materials stuff like that. Whether the game randomly gives you a stat boost or there is a tree you can choose I don't know. But there should be something you gain it loose.

If you lost the boosts on death, that would be a game changer.