Chimonanthus praecox

Author: ULikeThatDontYa

Welcome to Chimonanthus praecox. This is my final map for Halo 3 (unless I finish my other projects) and my first Competitive / Casual map involving ghost merging and other advanced techniques. Chimonanthus praecox has been at work for over 2 weeks, and I hope it shows through.

Map Description:
Chimonanthus praecox is an urban class map on Foundry. There are many classes, however there are also many repeats of them.
List of classes:
BR (2 spare clips) / AR (2 spare clips) x4
Scavenger Class x4 SCAVENGER CLASS = CUSTOM POWERUP
Carbine (2 spare clips) / Needler (1 spare clip) / Plasma Grenade x2
Shotgun (0 spare clips) / Magnum (1 spare clip) x2
Sniper (1 spare clip) / SMG (0 spare clips) x2
Brute Shot (1 spare clip) / Spiker (1 spare clip) / Spike Grenade x2
Beam Rifle / Plasma Rifle
Plasma Pistol / Plasma Rifle
Energy Sword
2 Fragmentation Grenades / 2 Plasma Grenades / 2 Spike Grenades
2 Firebomb Grenades / Tripmine
Rocket Launcher (2 spare clips)/ Deployable Cover
Spartan Laser / Radar Jammer
2 Maulers (1 spare clip each)
Active Camouflage
Active Camouflage / Plasma Pistol
Gravity Hammer / Spiker (1 spare clip)
In all there are 27 classes and 17 unique classes. The way the class system works is this. You will spawn in a random room with weapons there. I didn't make it so you can choose to even it out a bit and make it more fun with random classes.
Chimonanthus praecox can support 4 - 12 players, but 4 - 8 is recommended.
Chimonanthus praecox is an asymmetrical urban class map using one half of Foundry. There are two bases. While they are not really "true" bases, they have cover, height, and size. In the center of the map is a structure holding water (Maybe this has something to do with this?
There are many jumps that you are able to do. Some I purposely put in the map, others were "created" with the map. I strongly suggest just playing a game of jumping to find all the cool spots.
Chimonanthus praecox has gone through many phases. I practically made this map on 10 different canvases before settling on Foundry. I even considered making this on The Pit.
Gametype Description:
Surprisingly enough, there are not many changes with this Slayer gametype. 10 minute games and the score goes up to 25. I would not recommend having only 25 points with a crowd bigger then 6, because games will then last less then 5 minutes. The custom powerup is changed to 30 seconds long and able to pick up weapons. When you respawn, you will have 5 seconds to pick up the things around you. You are not forced to pick up everything; you can keep your magnum while just taking a Sniper, for instance. Magnum starts with no grenades. Everything else is unchanged. Slayer only, no Team Slayer because once one team gets the lead they can just camp in their spawn. I have never thought about implanting Objective into this, Oddball or KoTH would probably be best.

Screenshots:
Side A
Side B Picture 1
Side B Picture 2
Tunnel Picture 1
Tunnel Picture 2
Center Picture 1
Center Picture 2
Center Interior
Water / Grate
Urban Wall Picture 1
Urban Wall Picture 2
Urban Wall Picture 3
Background Picture 1
Background Picture 2

Download Links:
Gametype: Chimonanthus
Map: Praecox

Additional Comments:
I might not have made this clear enough, but the Custom Powerups are the Scavenger classes. You are able to pick up weapons for 30 seconds. If you spawn with nothing, you might have gotten a CP.
Also, if you don't spawn with anything, please don't camp waiting for something to spawn. You only have 5 seconds to pick up Weapons / Grenades / Equipment. I tried to make the classes respawn as fast as possible, but there are only 27 of them and with a group of 6+ you are probably going to have to use your magnum a lot of the time.
Big thanks to all my testers. You know who you are. Thank you everyone who gave me ideas. Actually that was really only my brother. Bro, thank you very much. I'd also like to thank everyone on my friend's list. Especially these people: Pr0nube, Slayer o Undead, XxShadowlord7xX, Hyroku, ElementWrath, Jpeloquin218, SwornShadow, BattleHeartGirl, ShadowDemon952, Oo IMatt oO (or whatever his name is), and everyone else I forgot. You guys are amazing. Also big thanks to Abutt, he broke my map... Last but not least I'd like to thank all of you in Forge Hub. Thank you for your time and enjoy.