Author: Matty
Recommended Gametypes: Capture The Flag
Recommended Players: 8-16
Time Taken To Complete: 14 Hours

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Map Loadout

Note: There are 2 bubble shields and 2 power drains missing from this image. The bubble shields are located at the 2 central satellites, and the 2 power drains are located in the rocks in the very centre.

Recommended Gametype

- One Flag
- 5 second respawn
- 0 suicide penalty
- No friendly fire
- 5 minute rounds
- 30 seconds sudden death
- Assault Rifle start
- Grenades at start

Description

I am failrly confident that this is my 10th map. This is my 2nd released map that is not on foundry. This map is a higly tactical 'capture the flag' map. I decided that to make a map of this caliber i needed much more room. I also needed a cliff. Standoff was my best bet.

Note that instead of the normal gametype where each base houses each team, in this map, the defenders hold almost the entire map. So what do the attacking team hold? Oh, a space ship.

Also please note that this item is not the main focus of the map, it is actually far from it. This is more of an aesthetic feature, as it provides little assistance, and not much of the fight will ever take place on here.

Balance

Already alot of you folks will be thinking. Man is he crazy? 2 wraiths!. But all is not what it seems. Yes, the attacking team have 2 wraiths at its disposal. But what if i said, "2 immovable wraiths, that have to fire over a very long distance to hit thier targets, and fire a relatively slow weapon". Doesnt sound so bad now does it? Not convinced? The defending team have a banshee, which is basicly a wraiths worst nightmare.

If you dont like the way i ^ talk ^ above. I will put it into a more formal context. I have thought long and hard about the balance issues on this map. Believe me. I have put more effort into balance on this map than aesthetics.

This gametype relies heavily on tactics. If you just run in without thinking you are going to lose, and most likely your team will end up losing because of it. You need to work as a team. Use each other as best as you can, and maybe you will come off victorious.

Ok well that is it from be blabbering on. If you want to read a full guide to this map, i will post it below the screenshots. If you just want to see it for yourself. Behold...

Tactics

Quick Tactics

Defenders - Keep moving, dont rush, create a line of defence, dont waste the Banshee
Attackers - Dont waste all of your Vehicles early, use team callouts to help the Wraith

Defenders

- Drivers, try to weave your vehicles in and out of cover, and keep blocking your line of sight with the ship. This should avoid you getting hit by the missile pods at the start. Also, never stop completely, and try not to drive in a straight line, this should stop you getting hit by the wraith.
- Remember you have a Banshee at the very back of the map, where the rasied satellite is. This is a key weapon for the defenders, but remember it is very weak to missile pods. Why not get a team mate to get the sniper rifle and take the missile pod holder out before taking off?
- Straight from your spawn, do not charge towards the ship. Instead, head for the centre, and try to create a line of defence covering the flag. The Attackers are loaded with fast attack vehicles, so if you can keep on the move, you should be able to outpower their weak vehicles
- Remember you have a Rocket and a Sniper on your side. Use the Rocket as a means to take out a wraith if you have to, it isnt going to move out the way, but make sure both Rockets hit. Also both the Sniper's spawn next to active camo, so use them together, and you become a deadly weapon.
- Keep your eyes up. Yes the Wraiths are big and powerful, but so long as you are paying attention, you can aways easily get out the way of the plasma. Also if you see the Wraith attacking on someone else, shout out for them to move. Tactics like this will make defending the flag alot easier.

Attackers

- Dont over use the 'rush' tactic. Sure send a mongoose or two in quickly, but dont go all the way and send the Warthog on a suicide mission too, that would be a very bad idea. You need to pace out the game, by using things steadily and not wasting your weapons and vehicles.
- Remember you have Rocket pods and Wraiths at the start. Use the Rocket pods at any vehicles driving towards you, and use the Wraiths to bombard areas of the map where you think the enemy might be.
- An invaluable tactic, is using your teammates as the eyes for your Wraith. If you are pinned down somewhere on the map, shout out to your friend on the wraith and ask them to bombard a specific location. What about if you asked them to fire at you, and then moved away from where you were, making your adversaries chase you, and land into some heavy plasma
- You have a Sniper Rifle and Active Camo at the tree, but the enemies are close. Be careful when getting this, you are on the enemies doorstep.
- Dont stay stationary. Sure the Gauss up top is a nice sniping tool, but sit there without moving too long and you will die easy. The gauss is a very strong vehicle, in the right hands. Get your best driver and gunner in this thing and you should find it too hard getting that flag.
- Try sneak around the outsides. Yes this is a big vehicle orientated map, but there is absolutely tonnes of cover, and anti-vehicle weapons. With the large scale, getting by enemies is alot easier than in other maps, just try and stay in cover, and you should be able to sneak around the outside quite easy.
- When you get near the flag, make sure you have a plan. Are you going to get picked up? Are you going to run into the base and through there? Are you just going to run for it? Make sure your team mates know what you are doing, or all that planning could go to waste.