Sogen Castle V3 (A Medieval Fortress)

Sogen Castle was an idea sparked by my friend yoyoecho2. He thought of the idea of a massive castle with ramps, rooms, and catapults and together, we built it.

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Map Description:
The idea is simple. One team spawns inside the castle, while another spawns outside the castle. Each team has two catapults. The defenders have mancannons and fusion coils, while the attackers have Wraiths that cannot move. Each team also has equipment and the equipment serves purposes. You can lay traps and barricades or you can climb the castle's battlements. The equipment makes defending a castle and raiding it much more interesting.

Now, unlike many other castle maps out there, this one is different. I only added items that represented something from medieval times such as a fuel rod representing a magic spell or a grav lift representing a climbing rope. So everything in this map has medieval written all over it.

This map took about 9+ hours to create and refine.

Gametypes Description:
Now I remember playing a Halo 2 gametype called Medieval Combat. Every player spawned with a sword, overshield, and a sniper. There were other weapons on the map like Plasma Rifles rep. Magic Spells and Carbines for Short Bows. I decided to make an even better version of the gametype using Halo 3.

Every player spawns with a 300% resistant 4X Overshield (armor) and an Energy sword (what does this represent?). Their shields do not recharge since, once you got hurt, you can't heal up your wounds. So whenever you are in combat, you must kill the enemy while trying to preserve your overshield. However, after the update in V2, you can now look around the castle for some health packs that can heal your wounds very effectively. Now I liked the idea of Magic Spells in medieval times. So I also made it so that every player spawned with every type of grenade. These represent the magic spells of medieval times. They also balance the combat between bows and swords since every player can use ranged attacks using the magic spells.

More info about the gametypes are provided in the links. Remember, it would be best if you used the gametypes linked above.

Weapons here Consist of:

x12 Carbines / Short Bows (5 carbines for each side, 2 in middle)

x8 Beam Rifles / Long Bows (4 beam rifles for each side)

x8 Gravity Hammers / War Hammers (4 per side)

x1 Needler / Needler Magic Staff (behind breakable gate)

x1 Fuel Rod Gun / Fire Staff (on top of breakable gate/ castle battlement)

x4 Trip Mine / Traps (2 per side)

x4 Grav Lifts / Climbing Ropes used to climb battlements (2 per side)

x4 Power Drainers / Magic Drainer, again (2 per side)

x4 Deployable Cover / Barricades (2 per side)

x8 Firebomb Grenades / Tinderboxes/ Magic (4 per side)

x2 Wraiths / catapults (2 for attackers)

x4 Mongooses / Horses (2 per side)

Inside the Castle #1

Inside the Castle #2

Front of the Castle

Where Attackers Spawn

Breakable Gate

Equipment room for attackers

The Sniper's Tower

Defenders' Equipment Room Chaos

Praise for Sogen Castle:

I played a one vs one with him on this one and had a lot of fun. - A Rabid Pie

It's very amazing. I love it. It was hella fun when I played it with some of my pepz. - Edisback

THIS MAP IS HARDCORE. - MO7S WI

That... was actually pretty good. - Ramoramopo

Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits

1. Now everybody knows that sword beats hammer, however in this map, a hammer is recommended to cause heavy damage while knocking back enemies.

2. It's sometimes good to have a close ranged weapon and a long ranged. You can weaken players this way before they are within close range.

3. Deployable cover can weaken the damage of a catastrophic Wraith blast.

4. Use Power Drainers to choke off areas or in a crowded area.

5. It's helpful if you fight in pairs, so that way, if you encounter any loners, your pal can assassinate him while he is distracted.

6. Look for the health packs after you just finished a battle. Going against a freshly spawned warrior with no shields is not a good idea.

7. Grav lifts/ climbing ropes can help you get to upper ground quickly.

8. Remember that sword clashes will happen often and it's best if you polish up your skills with this weapon. Try doing some dodging moves such as side strafing, jumping, or moving back and forth.

9. Since Equipment Rooms are a key area to traveling around the castle, leave traps such as Trip Mines around these areas.

10. Health packs will only heal when you are safe. So don't try rushing for the health pack when you're being sniped because health packs only heal when there was a certain amount of time since you last recieved damage.

11. It's best to use the Wraith against battlements or the sniper's towers or better yet, blindfiring into the flag area. Using a Wraith against a hammerzeit next to you is unhelpful. Get out of that Wraith once they are within breaching limit!

12. You have an endless amount of grenades.... use them.

More Screenshots and Information about the Map is provided in the download link.