Well seeing as many pages as there are to this thread, I could not read them all (nor did I care to even read past the main post).
I primarly wanted to say thanks.
Secondarly, I wanted to ask for more (I know I'm very greedy). I find it frustrating when editing the object list, as the list becomes longer and longer, the time it takes to edit becomes much longer. I was wondering if you could add a modual that would allow a user to edit the list and then compile the list when it is done and save it either in the file or has a file which can be imported.
Perhaps, to allow for faster editing of such a vast list, you might want to work with linked lists or something (what do I know, I've only a year's programming knowledge in C, another year in C++, and another year in C#, but still concepts still hold true). This would allow for insertain of user values quickly and easily, which can then be converted from the linked list back into the object file (which may take a long time, but would occur far less often than adding one value.)
Oh... I ask so much. If I understood the object pattern/values, maybe I could help. But then again, it seems like it would take a lot of time still (just based on the large varity that we are allowed use in the editor). Maybe, with a little more work, certain abilities can be classified as auras etc., which would allow for whole new auras (i.e. aura of stoneskin (NE upgrade which give a unit the ability to ignore a certain amount damage, not % damage)). Perhaps, I'm just too greedy for my own good. | 
if not good luck