This mod is still getting worked on. Some progress: Tiered statuses are fully working, only took a couple hundred thousand lines of code to get all of them in. Buffs are now also tiered, but the effects don't diminish with strength and can go up to a strength of 16 rather than capping out at 8. They now effectively act as a buffer/shield against harmful statuses.
I'm not the best artist but I made some of the icons to be used in the mod:
I also fixed initiative. Excuse the WIPness as usual, but here's a video of that: