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[icywind1980]

It's funny that you say money is easy to come by. I've been adventuring for almost 2 hours now and have found zero drops and zero gold. I spent the rest of my beginner gold on over priced potions just to stay alive. The beginner dungeon is fine should you just want to wander around killing stuff. I believe I'm up to level 14 and still getting 100-250 xp per kill. It feels boring but it's the only place I can go alone. I even tried the sewer which said 'under level 10'. If I went in there with anything under my level I would have been torn to pieces. I tried the graveyard and Sun as well - ouch is all I have to say. This place could be really fun playing with other people, but everyone else seems to be off doing their own thing because they're already so high levels. So it's basically wander around killing goblins for about 200 a hit. The novelty of that quickly wears off :/

Modifié par icywind1980, 30 septembre 2012 - 08:31 .

[Lazarus Magni]

Reading the book of Aventia would help. There are quite a few clues and tips in there. For example areas marked with the $ sign are generally good for farming gold. And you may want to bring the low lvl henchman Maag along if you are having trouble solo. He is listed in the book too, if you look carefully.

[icywind1980]

I did check the book for leveling areas but didn't notice the part about the $ at all. Will check it out again.

[Lazarus Magni]

Well so... given your concerns Icy, I made a thread with additional tips to new players (additional as in suplemental to the advice offered by NPCs and on log in messages):


Particularially the post from 10/20/12 details a sure fire way for new players to get on their feet in Av3. You dont need to be a member of our group to view this topic, but you do need to be loged in to the social site to do so.

Laz


P.S. We have moved from action to PW action as that seemed more fitting.

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 23 octobre 2014 - 12:42 .

[Deathcoil01]

I was surprised to see that Aventia has survived after all these years. It's a testiment to the hard work & time devoted into creating/managing it's content. Ah those lost rainy days, taking an entire afternoon to run through the massive gauntlet of Mythica, fighting the DMs on Mount Olympus or the numerous other places I've long forgotten.

Alas, that was a long time ago & things have changed. The NwN engine is too old now to start playing again. Why not start new with NwN 2?

A little history from a vet: Aventia died off due to mis-management. All of the core players left after Oclair kept screwing around with the core gameplay mechanics, especially character design. Most of us put countless hours grinding levels on our characters, then suddenly overnight certain class combinations were outright banned. Many including DMs had enough & left for other games (we mostly went to lineage 2).

Aside from all that, I am curious, as an old player is my account still around? There could be the following characters on the vault

Deathcoil
Pestilence
Doctor Death

Modifié par Deathcoil01, 21 novembre 2012 - 07:06 .

[Lazarus Magni]

Hi Deathcoil,
The nwn 1 engine is old, but the CC from the community keeps it fresh, and the unique aspect of the game that allows this maintains it's relevance.

There were a lot of reasons why the Av1 player population died off, but owners attempting to balance their mod, and subsequently alienating their player base is an age old one for many worlds.

I have both Av1's (Oclair's), and Av2's (Ralt's) server vualt. All old accounts that have not logged in yet to register their CD keys with Funkyswerve's account security system that was put in place due to the master server going down, have been disabled due to account jackers. I can however restore accounts on an indivdual basis.
Laz

[Lazarus Magni]

Aventia is turning 10 years old on December 25th 2012. In celebration I will run a week long event from December 26 2012 to January 1st 2013. It will be similar to the NWPAD event we participated in for NWN 1's 10 year anniversary.

I will place chests in various locations and move them around within those locations periodically (perhaps daily.) I may also change these locations throughout the course of the event. When a player finds one they will receive a prize code (which you can trash) and a log entry (which I will tally.) Only one prize code (log entry) per day per chest location will count towards the player's tally. At the end of the event I will check all the logs, tally up the counts, and award the winners. Whoever gets the most unique per day per location prize codes will win, and so on (1st, second, third places... ect...) I will most likely have a sign in the loading area telling players the general areas these chests are located for any particular day.

To keep it fair for new and old players alike, all chests will be placed in under level 40 zones, to give equal opportunity to all to be able to compete in this competition/celebration.

The event will start at 12:00 am December 26 CST. Every new day (e.g. 12:00 a.m. Dec 27 CST) players will be eligible to claim a new code from the chests. Just to clarify, if you get 2 codes (or even 100) from the same chest in the same day, it will only be counted as 1 towards your tally.

The awards will be:

1st: 24 QP
2nd: 22 QP
3rd: 20 QP
4th: 18 QP
5th: 16 QP
6th: 14 QP
7th: 12 QP
8th: 10 QP
9th: 8 QP
10th: 6 QP

http://social.biowar...scussion/25905/

Happy Holidays everyone.

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 26 décembre 2012 - 07:27 .

[Lazarus Magni]

I have sweetened the pot to 10 mil XP for 1st place (which is equalivent to about a free lvl 150), down to 1 mil xp for 10th place. There has never been a better time for new players to get involoved, nor casual players to get a leg up.

Also to make this a bit easier, whenever I change the locations of the chests, I will update the module version. Additionally I will only place the chests at points with mini-bosses, or bosses (I will not put them randomly anywhere on the maps.)

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 02 janvier 2013 - 02:51 .

[BelowTheBelt]

Laz,

Congrats on the milestone. Good luck with the event!

[Lazarus Magni]

Thanks BTB,
But I certainly can't take the credit. I am of the third generation of host's of Aventia, and hundreds of people have contributed to the development of the mod over the years, and thousands of players have contributed their time. It is a milestone indeed though, and cheers to all who have been involved.
Laz

[SKIPPNUTTZ]

Aventia 3 Live Stream
http://www.twitch.tv/skippnuttz

Doesnt look like xsplit will work with NWN but xfire will at least broadcast fullscreen. Any tips to improve the quality further with xsplit or game settings please let me know. But maybe some of the community might want to see how powerful and fun our server can be.

Current characters:

Level 600 Wizard/PM
Level 510 Monk/WM
Level 100 Sorc/Pally
Level 40 Druid/Monk
Level 40 Monk/AA

Modifié par SKIPPNUTTZ, 14 janvier 2013 - 01:00 .

[Lazarus Magni]

These are interesting videos Skipp, thanks for posting them. As you know I don’t generally DM stalk players (unless it is a DM event), so it was fun for me to see some of your play style. I as a player always seem to learn some things from other good players.

I would just like to point out to anyone else checking these out Skipp is an exception, rather than the norm of players on Av3. He has played Aventia for over 9 years, and so is very powerful, and well versed. So I don’t want people to think they are going to walk into Av3 and get a super powerful level 500+ character right away, it takes some significant work.

That being said however, when Av2 shut down there was one 400 level player, and handful of lvl 300+. In the last year and an half or so that I have been hosting Av3, six or seven different people have reached 500+, 2 of which had never played on Av1 or Av2, and numerous of others have reached 400+, 300+, and 200+. So, my point is, getting to this level of the module is possible for new players, but it’s not easy, and takes some significant effort.

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 15 janvier 2013 - 08:33 .

[Lazarus Magni]

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Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 10 février 2013 - 09:16 .

[Lazarus Magni]

Our host (the only dedicated NWN 1 hosting service sadly) is shutting down in march, so we have had to move again to a new server. Our new home's direct connect is:
216.198.198.111:5121

[Lazarus Magni]

I am very happy to announce our move has been quite successful. Our new server is much more powerful, and should easily be able to handle the behemoth that is Av3.

[Lazarus Magni]

We have a new owner and host, and I just want to say thank you very much to Vicar for being willing to do this.

And I would also like to say cheers to all who have been involved in this project. It's been an amazing experience for me, and I hope you all had some fun too.

GL Vicar.

Cheers everyone,
Lazarus Magni

[Lazarus Magni]

Just to reiterate:

Our direct connect is here:
216.198.198.111:5121

Aventia was the first ever module in NWN1 with a post 40 system. After over 10 years of development later, and two previous generations, it is what you might expect from such an evolution; the synthesis of work from many people in the community over many years (more than 100 people have worked on the mod over the years, and community contributions are one of the hallmarks of it.)

It’s a mod that is near and dear to my heart. It has provided me with so much fun as a player over the last 10 years (and frustrations at times as the lead developer over the last year and a half or so, until recently,) I truly think it is special, and I invite anyone interested to check it out.

Not to say any other mods aren’t also special, they are all works of un-recognized art IMO. But I think Aventia 3 is as well, and I would encourage you all, who are interested in action PWs (no it is not RP, although RP is allowed, and no it is not story, although there are some story based quests, and no it is not PVP, although we have PVP arenas (and occasional DM events) and it is allowed (within reason, e.g. no griefing) but rarely done due to the cooperative nature of our player base, and no it is not a sex server, it is strictly for those who like killing stuff, and leveling their toons, with no cap) to check it out.

It is something that is truly unique in the NWN universe.

It requires CEP 2.3 or higher, and both expansion packs updated to 1.69.

Our forums are located here:
http://social.bioware.com/group/4586/

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 02 novembre 2014 - 04:42 .

[Lazarus Magni]

A few fun facts about Av3 I am quite proud of as someone involved in this project.

Since November of 2011, we have had 700+ new accounts created (this is when we implemented Funky's account security system in light of the loss of the master server, so it does not include those prior to this [from Av1, Av2, or Av3 until 11/11])

We have 1276 unique maps.

3672 custom scripts.

2909 custom creatures.

10474 custom items.

100+ unique tags of people who have been involved as builders and scripters in over the last 10 years.

These are all reasons why I think this mod is special, is art, and deserves to be perserved as such.

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 07 mai 2013 - 01:22 .

[Lazarus Magni]

This is something I am quite proud of.

No... not in the sense of "oh wow, look what I did", but rather in the sense of, "oh wow, look what I am been a part of." I am quite honored to have been a part of this project, both as a player, and more recently also as a developer.

Am I saying Av is unique in terms of being an artistic endevor in this medium? No, it is unique, but many PWs also are, and I give props to them all.

For my own personal gaming interests though? Nothing has held my interest like Aventia, and I give it (yes it has a life of it's own) props for that.

[Lazarus Magni]

We are having a rare DM facilated (most of Av3 is automated, so DMs aren't generally required except for events) story/RP/Action based event, Saturday 5/18/13 at 4:pm CST.

Event will last 1-2 hours, 3 possibly if people are really into it and turnout is high.

Requirements:
-CEP 2.3 or higher to play on Av3

-Make a new level 5 character (you get the first 5 levels for free on login, and subraces are allowed but read the info board in game before making one, it's not done by entering the subrace field on creation), lvl it up, and don't give it anything. Actual starting lvl will be 10, but I will make up the diference in XP so plan your builds accordingly.

-You all know I am not a RPer generally, but RP will be allowed and encouraged, so feel free to get creative, but keep it DnD realistic (e.g. feel free to try to persuade someone but if your skill is 0 it's not going to work unless you roll a 20.)

-There will be a story, based on Aventia lore, so feel free to get into it.

-And yes, there will be action, plenty of it. This is not your average, everyday, sit around a pond, go fishing, and type till your fingers ache type of event.

This is a perfect time to check Aventia 3 Merged- Unlimited Levels out since everyone will be on the same playing field.

[Lazarus Magni]

P.S. Please make your characters ahead of time (although late comers will be allowed, however their reward will be scaled accordingly.)

[Lazarus Magni]

We have moved our forums... We are now located here:
http://aventia3.freeforums.net/

Modifié par Lazarus Magni, 27 juillet 2013 - 01:16 .

[Lazarus Magni]

Av3's 2 year anniversary

Wow I have been so busy I totally missed this... We past the 2 year mark back in June. Thanks to everyone who has been involved.

[Lazarus Magni]

A fairly significant change for us has been a changing of the guard so to speak. Players now have a grandfathered voice on changes. It has long been my vision of being a part of a true community project. We have taken a major step towards this.

[Lazarus Magni]

P.S. Our forums are here: http://aventia3.freeforums.net/