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	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 18-Dec-09, 20:44:18
Account registratition is open from now. Login and pass must be numerical and at least 4 long. Accounts requests must be done via email. (fireiceviper<at>hotmail.com) Server is hamachi based so room and pass below: add me on hamachi : room name rom2reunion pass xmas. The hat will start Tomorow, thats saturday 18 december. Beta testing is over All test accounts are deleted and so are al test chars.

	Author: Stone (Stone_FVS3 [at] live [dot] com)
	Date: 17-Dec-09, 04:01:12
I was wondering the same thing WHEN u thing its gonna go live, oh btw I have a few more players on my HAT now 8) -Stone

	Author: NOVA (KINGKOTA666 [at] HOTMAIL [dot] COM)
	Date: 16-Dec-09, 18:29:52
Defiant: Any news on when/how we sign up for an account on the X-mas reunion HAT ??? - account name limitations? -auto registration or email? -when you expect the HAT to go live? Just wondering. NOVA

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 27-Nov-09, 19:42:05
oh atton, How i like your classic view of playing this game. But although u might find it hard, the other players dont find it that hard. Fact of the mather is: the way you like to play this game is to easy for some of us. Even the russian hat is way harder then this one. Come to think of it even nova's no shop servers were harder then this. And about the spiders, there is always a way to win u might have to think outside the box. i suggest using wall of earth scrolls for starters. the lack of players is do to only 2 things: -There are almost no remaining players -The hat isnt officialy opened (remember beta testing? guess what this is?) Now i know you are totaly in luv with nwn but to be honest i am not. If i want to play a new game il play a new game not a game thats almost as old as rom2. the part i just dont understand that if nwn is so great.. why mod it as rom2(wich apperantly u dont like anymore..) Now atton I dont want u to take this post the wrong way, but this is just how i feel. You are welcome on my hat as u know. For other players the hat will be officialy opening in two weaks or so, for current players this means bye bye account and gear but we discussed this.

	Author: Lord Atton (cosmclord [at] yahoo [dot] com)
	Date: 27-Nov-09, 06:56:55
LOL we must be play different maps. It is hard; very hard and was made deliberately so. Unless you use cheats to defeats the level 5 spiders no normal chr can run all of the map. Of course you can just play on the easy side. That is ok. I did look at the map on my map ed, but there is SO MUCH stuff in there hard to check it all out. Firewall and stone are the usual anti spider fixes. Stone only works on one weapon so if you get 3 or 4 spiders on a chr your toast. This is such an old drill. Any dingus with a map ed can make a map with level 5 spiders all over it. What is the point? It's all about balance. Good maps are balanced. You can work your chrs up in strength and power. You don't need any mods either. Even 5 items with body 6+ is still only 78 total (48+30 mage). Not bad but not 94 or 100. I have enjoyed some of Defiants map. The way rom2 is structured (bag loss of all items on death) makes Rom2 hard to play. Unless you have back up of equipment or duplicates you then have to start over. Not very interesting, and boring; as well as, time consuming. Rom2 is over 10 years old and is passe'. Neverwinter Night is a much better more advanced game. It is almost free. There are literally hundred of server still offering NWN1 games. Considering Amazon sell NWN1 for about $10 buck it's almost free. Why waste your time playing an inferior game that is limited in play and scope, and so old only a handfull still play it. I have spent over 10 years playing Rom2 making powerful chr, hacking, moding and making maps. Perhaps I am jaded, but I prefer a better game to spend my time on. If Rom2 were the only game out there (it was then I started) then I might consider "working" on this map to conquer it. How much time do I want to spend on it? That is the question. How many times do I want to kill my chr so I can eventually beat it? No my critisms remain valid. But unless you know where to go an what to do there you can get into trouble fast. BTY do you have all the Body 6+ items? LOL Your entitled to your opinion, so am I. I do know of harder maps. I have some in my Rom2 collection. The point I am trying to make is that you take a normal chr and build it. Dying a few time is pretty normal. The Xmasreunion is not a normal Rom2 map by any means. It is a Horror map hacked to Easy. You wish to debate me on the subject? If you enjoy the map that is great. I wish you and all Rom2 players well. BTY I have only seen Stone and a few other playing. Has to be less then five. Even Nova won't play it. LOL enjoy it and take care! Lord Atton

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 21-Nov-09, 17:18:49
lord atton, in the horror part u can find up to body 6 for mages and kickass b3 for warrior so i have no clue what you are talking about. The map isnt as hard as u keep saying it is. all i can say is look at the editor there is gear EVERYWERE every lvl believe me... and well the current version is close to the final version but as im playing i keep fixing bugs... and there are a lot of them :)

	Author: Lord Atton (cosmclord [at] yahoo [dot] com)
	Date: 21-Nov-09, 14:19:05
Defiant, Is the final version up? reason I ask is you did a lot of work to make this map, but with normal chrs very difficult to play. It should be re-worked as a Horror Map. Parts of it are very good and fun. Just building skills gets old like "farming"! Still have not explored 100% of it. Some places too many level 5 spiders for my taste. However with a special chr I may attempt the harder parts. Still I am wishing to see at least body 4 armor and body 5 items for mages. This is a horror map you know!!!! Lord Atton

	Author: exc!ton (vladimir [dot] chebotarev [at] gmail [dot] com)
	Date: 20-Nov-09, 04:05:27
that version matches exe that matches default nocd patch (rom2nocd)

	Author: Stone (Stone_FVS3 [at] live [dot] com)
	Date: 20-Nov-09, 02:41:27
does the link have the version of the patch that works for the CD rom2? or do i have to get that somewhere else? double post BAD!

	Author: Stone (Stone_FVS3 [at] live [dot] com)
	Date: 19-Nov-09, 23:04:20
so the long item patch was for allods 2 only?

	Author: exc!ton (vladimir [dot] chebotarev [at] gmail [dot] com)
	Date: 19-Nov-09, 18:39:07
You may wish to create items with many magic modifiers, so i reworked this patch http://allods.homeunix.org/article_a2_long_item_info.php to work with rom2.exe as well.

	Author: Lord Atton (cosmclord [at] yahoo [dot] com)
	Date: 19-Nov-09, 13:05:14
Basically Defiant has done a great job. Yes its tuff to get started. The map is really a Horror map with lots of dangers level 5 spiders and more. It is also hard to advance. Slow going because the body + is like 1. There maybe better body armor else where on the map. So far I have not seen it. Also the shops have pretty much low level gear. Best I found is a body+2 cape in one of the shops. Darn little body stuff. If Defiant has higher gear it is well protected and difficult to get. The problem is I don't a whole month to devote to playing this. I have several other projects going on that need my attention. But on the whole I have enjoy that part of it I have played. Its a big map 240X240. Being labeled EASY I would have to re-edit it to Horror so I am use my big chr to explore it. So I have been using my high powered low exp to explore it off line. I am mostly a NWN player now. I enjoy the higher quality quests and deep level of the game in NWN. Then I also intend to start my OWN C script game from scratch. Take care all Lord Atton

	Author: Stone (Stone_FVS3 [at] live [dot] com)
	Date: 17-Nov-09, 03:40:52
OK just a tip for everyone when you are in the easy section of the map by the 3 teleports to the harder sections of the map. DONT stand on the hill throwing fireballs at the skeletons and spiders gaurding the teleports, I did this and 2 of the skeletons with swords killed my mage so now i lost my gear =(. don't do this when the hat goes up, its a really bad idea. mean while im going to keep trying to get back my things

	Author: Stone (Stone_FVS3 [at] live [dot] com)
	Date: 17-Nov-09, 02:06:02
yes lol, but i was speaking for the people whoi didnt answer

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 17-Nov-09, 00:44:10
lol stone u are already playing the beta version.......... :P

	Author: Stone (Stone_FVS3 [at] live [dot] com)
	Date: 16-Nov-09, 22:29:04
In response to the question when would you like to see the hat? A the sooner the better!

	Author: Gilb (ar_turamarth [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 16-Nov-09, 18:12:00
Hi! I will definitely play in this server! I'm playing on Allos2.Com, and happened today the same thing that happened to Stone. In a few bloody minutes some guys killed me repeatedly just because they thought it was fun.... But I managed to recover my items :P Patience sometimes can be useful :) The date for Xmas hat: I would really prefer to be closer to the holidays/Christmas. But maybe players will be traveling to their home places at that time... So more feedback from players would be cool :) Where and how can I test the map? (not in the editor please :P) I only have Allods2 exe now. What do I need to download or install?

	Author: FireFly (fireflypower [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 16-Nov-09, 16:54:46
I am not sure if I will be there will see.

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 16-Nov-09, 14:13:30
bah need some advice. when would everyone like to see the opening off the offical hat? plz pick one of the 4: A: 1 December B: 5 December C: 12 December D: other.. Note to all current players... accounts wil wiped before that time.

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 14-Nov-09, 22:01:24
yes thats exactly what i did.. but i made some walls now n shit...

	Author: Albadaran (simondekker [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 14-Nov-09, 19:16:47
I am not going to playtest because it would spoil the fun when the real game starts (know that from experience with the playtesters of my nwn mod lol!) But from what I read here: better not allow players to walk straight into a different difficulty, e.g from easy to hard. Is it an idea to separate the difficulty levels and use teleporters? Or did you do that already?

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 14-Nov-09, 18:11:52
still thnx for the remarks. I'm gonna be needing feedback from every one of the play testers. so keep it coming...

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 12-Nov-09, 22:03:53
like i said 1000 times before this map has everything from easy to horror. This map is not easy, but this keeps al players in one map and it gives us a challenge and something new. I excpect the few players we have left to be able to read the editor, I mean come on most of us have been playing for like 10 years... so yes the map is hard yes it has insane creatures but i thought i made it pretty clear were easy was and ended.

	Author: Lord Atton (cosmclord [at] yahoo [dot] com)
	Date: 12-Nov-09, 14:26:28
Defiant Gees come on man, This map has elements of Horror in it What mages have stone so stone that 100 earthrotection is necessary to appoach them in a Easy Map? There is a section that is completely over the top. Not much point in playing if your chr dies 100 times. It could be fixed however. Go back and study Kid's III. Combine that idea with a medium map like Monsters or something. Then you have a map we can play with new chrs. Here there is like zero chance. What were you thinkiing????? Lord Atton

	Author: Lord Atton (cosmclord [at] yahoo [dot] com)
	Date: 12-Nov-09, 08:05:33
Review X-Mas Map Well I am play both a mage and a fighter. The current map does not favor either. Not a power leveling map for sure. It is more a finess map. Frankly I like to power level up my chrs. As a Rom2 map it is interesting. Slow going however. In all fairness I have not played the entire map. You get two random start positions with a teleported to the other store. Without money a mage really suffers. Their stuff is more expensive. Drops are very low. Not a good thing. I will finsih playing it off line and see. Thanks Defiant at least you did something. An ATABOY for that at least! Lord Atton

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 10-Nov-09, 22:12:05
they attack from 6 spaces away... so be warned....

	Author: richard (RichBart [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk)
	Date: 10-Nov-09, 20:54:54
Lvl six?? thought it only went [1][2][3][4][5]???? lol Never heard of lvl 6 :P

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 10-Nov-09, 20:52:10
lol its lvl 6 spiders ... its not only hard... its sick. and i dont think we can clear it. anyhow... playtesting has begun. add me on hamachi : room name rom2reunion pass xmas. mail me for a temporary account. but beware the hat me be unstable and i will proby delete youre acc every week or so.

	Author: richard (RichBart [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk)
	Date: 10-Nov-09, 19:03:49
Alos that top island with Urd,sheep and spiders i think you should add an xtra group with a dragon jus above n a couple below with like bees n bats 2 make it harder :)

	Author: richard (RichBart [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk)
	Date: 10-Nov-09, 18:59:44
Yes can you make a beta one please because my multiplayer is broken so i cant test the game Lol.

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 10-Nov-09, 03:11:09
* Update Did a lot of work these days and the map is basicly done! Go me! So added al the gear in all the 4 lvls of the map added a shit load of monsters and edited a shit load of em too. So pretty soon im gonna start a beta server, just to get past the usual problems (repop time, uber gear etc..) Although i'm not entirely shure im gonna make a beta server, i want this to be a new experience for everyone the beta might ruin that. So let me know what u think... beta or no beta? offcourse everyone can have there own private beta cuz i uploaded the map and fixed the lvl to easy.. just for you ! here ya go https://www.yousendit.com/download/TzY1UXVoZ1BUMFBIRGc9PQ if you find any bugs faults/ stuff you dont like... post it here.. i check here on a daily basis .

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 08-Nov-09, 21:53:50
* update - Added some easy/medium gear. - Added a place were wars and mages could skill. - Fixed some teleporter issues +added some - added some horror gear - changed a bit of land n stuff. here ya go, plz test https://www.yousendit.com/download/TzY1eFVVdkdxRTFMWEE9PQ

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 05-Nov-09, 01:19:19
hmm, doesnt crash when i look at it? can someone else look at it?

	Author: Albadaran (simondekker [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 05-Nov-09, 00:46:56
That is the version I'm using; it crashes when looking at Urd.

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 05-Nov-09, 00:27:38
you have to install the updated version of the map editor. 1.76c+ is the version i have .. u can find version under help > about And that red mage is urd, the last boss of the single player campaign.

	Author: Albadaran (simondekker [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 04-Nov-09, 22:50:04
Map crashes when I click on unit 918 (a red magacian)

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 04-Nov-09, 21:16:51
doh... linkie https://www.yousendit.com/download/TzY2L0dBNDRvQUlLSkE9PQ

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 04-Nov-09, 21:16:31
Free Preview! here you go, now go and get excited and please leave me with as many comments as possible... And i know not all the gear is there.. and repops not 100% but give it an editor inspection

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 04-Nov-09, 00:04:49
Update First off.. thnx Nova for the info and the offer to help. I've been doing a whole shit load of edditing... and the landscapping/spawning is 60% done. This means that 60% of a 240x240 map is done. i'm working out the items now... (boring stuff) And pods, i've decided that pods wont be to hard to get at some places, but the respawn time wil be 5000 so there just wont be that many of them. Books wil be quest items... except for 1 or 2 guarded stores... need an opinion on this one! as for the map, im doing logic,items, and respwan/health of monsters now. the other 40% off the map wil be blank for when we start playing. if anyone wants I will e-mail you the current version.. thats V43 (thanks to the crashing editor i have to keep saving as a diffrent file) I will keep the updates coming! bye for now.

	Author: NOVA (KINGKOTA666 [at] HOTMAIL [dot] COM)
	Date: 02-Nov-09, 01:07:37
Two things: 1. Yes the STAT hack is fixed. We can all thank Exlend for that one. He's now going by the handle of exc!ton on this forum. So stat potions (aka PODS) can be ultra-valuable again just as they were intended to be. 2. I'd be happy to playtest or help out. Just let me know. NOVA

	Author: Defiant (fireiceviper [at] hotmail [dot] com)
	Date: 01-Nov-09, 23:05:48
So like i posted yesterday i'm still working on the map, but the idea is simple. It wil be just one map, a huge on though 240x240. the map will change in the course of december. This means that an item that was there last week doesnt have to be there this weak, same goes for monsters,roads,shops the workx. This map will cover all lvls from easy to horror. with that being said this isnt going to be a walk in the park, this map is hard. but i feel its the challenge we all need. Q: will there be shops? A: Yes, but they wont sell more then medium spells and gear (mithrill). Q: how about inns? A: trying to upgrade that beauty of a sc sword/pike you found eh? perhaps upgrading to b3?... no, no inns for this reason. Q: what about pods? A: not sure if podhack is fixed yet, but i think pods will be in the hard part of the map, not sure yet Q: So when ? A: uhm? somewere in december i guess? Gimme some hints guys... Q: will this be a pk hat? A: Well i havent seen a pk'r in a long time but if there out there there welcome to try and pk. so yes. but be warned i dont like pk'ers so i might kill you myself.. :P Q: do u need any help with the maps or beta testing? A: yes, yes i do i might even set up a beta server. i'll let you guys know. Q:will this be hamachi based? A: i am behind a router so yes. Q: were can i make an account? A: probly via mail. not sure yet. Q: this sounds nice but how far along are you? A: not far.. the map is 15% done wich is a lot for a 240x240 map, spawns are same and havent decided gear yet. Q: Dude wtf 15%?!!? A: this map is hella big and doesnt have to be complete when we start playing... i'm leaving space so i can add horror challenges later... duh! Questions can be posted below...

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