Hey everybody!

In an effort to create an intense and unique symmetrical map, I have worked long and hard to give you such an arena. Welcome to Olympus!

A link to this map can be found HERE

Play testers include:
Guffin
Barakatastrophe
WundahfulAhnold

Unique attributes of this map include:

Weapons and Equipment:
- The glorious Rocket Launcher, which is guarded by a shield door and three flights of stairs. But watch your back! Grenades can perfectly bounce in from the roof above or off the back wall.
- The infamous Spartan Laser sits adjacent to the Spnkr, elevated on a platform that can only be reached by Grav Lifts - two of which can be found mirrored on either side of the main stairwell.
- An Active Camo on the right. An Over Shield on the left. Both have great vantage points above them to take down wandering attackers in the alleys below.
- Two Sniper Rifles are mirrored in the back corners of the map. If you find that one's taken, head to the Two-Way Warp to bring you from Side A to Side B to grab the other one. I caution you though, that this is prime territory to get spanked from a rocket equipped Spartan with itchy trigger fingers! And you'll notice that Olympus is designed with long lines of sight in mind for those craving mid to long range action. If its a close quarters game you're craving, stick to the elevated pathways and tunnels to do some damage.
- And yes! There are Maulers on the map, which you'll find on the elevated pathways near the sniper rifles.
- Fall off the stairs on the way up to the rockets? No worries! Grab yourself that Radar Jammer, or the Power drainer and reak some havoc!
- You'll also find carefully placed Dual Wields, Needlers, Incendiery Grenades, and Brute Shots.
- And what happens if you're two steps behind someone heading up those stairs? Grab one of the two BRs under the Splazr and take em down!
- Last but not least....the Shotgun, which you'll find if you double back going up the stairs where it sits on a nice little bridge above those BRs.

Gametype Information:
- All gametypes are ready to roll!
- If you spawn in the back corridor, you can duke it out for the Energy Sword, which is flanked by the Bubble shield and a Regenerator. I blocked it off for one of the teams for when you're playing asymetrical gametypes. But don't worry, the other team gets a nice shiny Ghost for these particular gametypes instead.
- King of the Hill, Juggernaut, and Territories, make for some great gametypes on Olympus! You'll find the normal areas to hold and get to, but then once in a while you'll be fighting to claim the whole stairwell, or keeping everyone out of the peak! You have to try it!

Here's a Flikr SLIDESHOW of Olympus in action!

Here's a few from the set:

Most importantly...Have fun folks! I hope this map can compliment the standard default maps, since we could always use another killer symmetrical map. If you have any comments both positive and negative, I'd love to hear what you think.

See you on Live!

Guffin

*Note* - Since I don't read forums much, I didn't notice until after I posted this map that there are other Olympus maps out there. I haven't checked any of them out, and I apologize that I'm using the same name. But hey, it's a great name! This map was entirely created by myself, from the Foundry canvas. Final tweaking and testing credits go to Barakatastrophe and WundahfulAhnold, who I mentioned above. Give it a shot! A lot of thought and design went into this one. :)