(UPDATED DOWNLOAD LINK FOR THE NEW HALO WAYPOINT FILESHARE)

Hello!
Although I have been on the site and forging for ages, this is the first map ive attempted to post.

This is Octane, its a small, fun, symmetrical map built in the Quarry - with an explosive difference!

These are the identical base:

Front of bases above
Back of bases below

The bases are smooth and you can get up to them from almost every angle. They are surrounded by rocks for cover and there are lots of respawn points behind them, to stop spawn killing.

Now for the best part of the map, the center platform. it is the highest point with a sniper rifle just above it, held by two flag stands. It is visible from the ground so expect a battle there when it appears.

WEAPON LIST

Dmr x 3 one in each base and one in neutral base
Nr x 3 one in each base and one in neutral base
Needler x 1 opposite neutral base
Sniper [1 extra clip] X 1 above central platform
Shotgun [1 extra clip] x 1 below central platform
Grenade launcher [2 extra clips] x 1 in neutral base
Plasma Grenades x 6 two in each base and two in neutral base
Frag Grenades x 4 two in each base
Health packs x 8 two at each base and 4 under central platform

My goals for this map:
-Have a fusion coil bridge so that the paths, flow and strategies of the map can change.
Adding a new side to capture the flag and assault games; do you take the longer safe path or the risky short path?

-Make it easy to move around the map and stop people just sniping from bases. The bases are low and accessible from almost every angle, this makes objective more unpredictable and tactical as there is more than just three chockpoints into bases eg. Asylum.

-Make the map small and action packed by stopping camping and minimizing cover.

The map has neutral respawn points but week team respawn zones act over each side of the map. In play tests, the spawning has worked very well.

The map is set up for all gametypes except race and invasion. I would say Slayer and Assault are best for this map.

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Finally, the most important thing about the map, it uses the Classic slayer gametypes Bungie.net : Reach : Player File Share

Or at least needs the classic movement speeds:
Player speed: 120%
Jump height: 125%
Player Gravity: 150%
If these setting are not applied you will not be able to make all the jumps you should be able to.
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Thanks for your time, Please download and try it out, I would love feedback on my first uploaded map : )

By mcclintonsl.