MLG Inertia. Simplistic and competitive asymmetrical map. Co-created for
double the awesomeness!

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MLG Inertia is a beautifully simple and amazingly fun asymmetrical map.
Games flow brilliantly due to the effort put into balancing the map; a prospect which hinged upon a perfect compromise between geometrical and weapon-spawn advantages.

Aside from the obvious neatness, smoothness and fluidity, this map also
shows the benefits of having two forgers work together. Yes, two
highly experienced forgers having an equal input on one map! (Forgers
being myself and ash55.)

The great thing about two forgers working towards one goal is that you
always need to find the perfect solution to any disagreements. This means
that we have most likely found a much better balance and flow to a map
than a single forger could. It also helps because there are two sets of highly scrupulous eyes finding all the tiniest of flaws in the geometry and noticing
basically, a lot more potential imperfections than youâ€™ll find on almost
any other map.

A great deal of care has been taken when placing every single object on
the map. And not just the crates and bridges, but the respawn points, the
starting points, respawn areas, objective spawns/sizes, weapons etc. etc.

Layout

As Iâ€™ve mentioned, this map was designed to be simplistic and create a nice
fluidity to games. Fast-paced games are forced due to long lines of sight. The
map is quite open but also has lots of cover.

The most interesting thing about the cover used is that in many areas it
comes in the form of a wall which is merged into the crate beneath. What
makes this structure better than the kind of full sized cover you see on most
maps is that is custom built to cover you from some elevations of the
map but leave you vulnerable to others. To explain; some walls are short
and only provide cover from players shooting from lower areas whilst other
walls are taller (about head height) and cover you from players shooting at
you from lower areas, areas of equal height but not from above you.

One side of the map has the areas of highest elevation but less cover
whilst the other side has less elevation but also leaves you less vulnerable
most of the time.

We have tried to create that â€œcoolnessâ€ that exudes from maps like Lockout
by use of similar jump points. We included some jumps that will make you
think you are awesome when you do them but at the same time are not
overly difficult to pull off.

Gametypes

All gametypes are supported on MLG Inertia (even though I doubt it will be
used to play territories for example) and have been set up with starting
points that we believe are balanced for all the gametypes. Obviously for
MLG settings, TS, KotH and Oddball are the only viable options, but like with Lockout, they should all work fantastically on this map.

Another note about the gametypes, is that KotH in particular has been set
up the way MLG has set up this gametype for Halo 3 in that the sequence
for the three hills is basically: Middle Hill>>>Side A Hill>>>Middle Hill>>>
Side B Hill>>>Middle Hill etc.

Weapons

The weapons on this map are:

4x Battle Rifle
2x Carbine
1x Sniper
1x Mauler

15x Grenades

1x Custom Powerup

Battle Rifles have been set to 10 second respawns; Carbines 90 second
respawns; Sniper 120 second respawn and Mauler 150 second respawn
(and 1 spare clip).

There are 9 Plasma grenades and 5 Frag Grenades placed around the map.
All but three of the Plasmas are placed â€œout of the wayâ€ so that they
promote movement, and to certain areas of the map. It also decreases the use
of grenades during matches to get rid of any grenade spamming that is
generally disliked. All grenades are set to 30 seconds respawns.

The Custom Powerup (i.e Overshield) is set to a 120 second respawn with
a twist. The twist being (ash55â€™s idea) to give it a â€œHalo: CEâ€ feel.
This basically means that it will respawn at two minutes into the game
regardless of how long it was before it was first picked up. (This is done
by placing two Custom Powerups in the exact same spot, using a weapon
holder, and setting one to â€œRespawn time: 120â€, â€œPlace at start: Noâ€ and
the other to â€œRespawn time: Neverâ€, â€œPlace at start: Yesâ€.)

Screenshots

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This map is meant to be played with MLG settings and nothing else. It
can be played with all other settings but this is not recommended.
All MLG gametypes can be found at this link. If any of you should decide to rate
this map, then please do so as an original, asymmetrical MLG map, not
something else.

We will post a "default" version for more typical games (not MLG) in the
near future but we have yet to perfect the weapon placement on that version.

I think we have created a really great map. If you feel like downloading it
then http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18027984"]click here and enjoy! If you donâ€™t
want to then donâ€™t bother, itâ€™s up to you. Iâ€™ve given up trying to persuade
people that the maps I post are worthwhile. The description and screenshots
should do that.

Oh and finally, I wanted to rub this in Ashâ€™s face:

Noh Skohpz!

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Lulz.

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