Cloud 9 This is my first Halo 3 map, put out for people to give a try. I got a lot of influence from LIGHTSOUT225's map "Heatwave". I had an idea for a sky base(s) in Standoff because at least it has some building tools, then I found Heatwave and got inspired. (I especially loved his use of receiver nodes holding a pallet, which I've used above) I'm more of a simpleton when it comes to the games I like to play, keeping it to mostly Slayer variants and the like; though I'm sure Cloud 9 could be adapted for Capture the Flag, Assault, etc. The bases on either side have been blocked off, keeping the action out in the open. Almost all of the spawn points are placed at the various man cannons which lead to a choke point at the floating fortress. There are 5 man cannons in all and 3 portals that all lead skyward. I'll leave it up to you to figure out how to use them, moody man cannons can always be a challenge. Almost all of the weapons are located in the sky, however there are a few heavy hitters located on the fringes of the map, including: 2 Gauss Warthogs, 2 Missile Pods, 2 Beam Rifle/Invisibility combos, and 2 Fuel Rod Cannon/Over-shield combos. The difficulty being that if you're willing to try and make it to them, it should be worth your while. At the same time though, you'll be thinking "Death from Above" when someone gets the Spartan Laser. I had a lot of fun creating this map variant, and it's been even more fun playing on it. I'm still a little green with all the tricks and quirks in Forge, but I'm very proud of Cloud 9 and hope you'll enjoy it. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. Weapons: 4 - Machine Gun Turret 2 - Fuel Rod Gun 2 - Beam Rifle 2 - Missile Pod 2 - Sub Machine Gun 2 - Spiker 2 - Mauler 1 - Energy Sword 1 - Gravity Hammer 1 - Spartan Laser 1 - Brute Shot 1 - Battle Rifle 1 - Needler 1 - Shotgun 1 - Sniper Rifle Vehicles 2 - Ghost 2 - Gauss Warthog Download Cloud 9 Here Some more "money shots" of Cloud 9: Sidenote: The portal on missile silo #2 sometimes will come up as "blocked", this is because there is a man cannon located on top of the receiving node. The easiest way to avoid this is to jump into the portal.
now i dont see the point of maps like these but i guess it takes some skill to make several objects float like that so good job
looks quite good i love the turret and the last screen shot of 2 ppl in mid air, looks very fun but u could hav turned the bridges upside down so that its smoother, but still looks good, a banshee would hav been fun
What do you mean by that? It's a floating base in the sky, pretty simple yet awesome; however I'm not sure about this one. Seems like they're to many power weapons by powerups and otherwise and not enough battle rifles. I like the overall sky base and the name is awesome 7.5/10
woulda been better if u didnt steal the cloud 9 idea from me and yomtvrap's space colony map. lol jk. it looks pretty fun but i dont generally like maps on standoff. 4/5 right now but ill play later n see if my opinion changes. and we honestly did have the cloud 9 idea first.
its not exactly what i meant. i mean its like there's just 1 base somewhere in the sky. basically what i mean is if it was a level in the sky where if you jumped off you would die that would be of my liking i would understand if this was like attackers and defenders where the defenders are in the sky and have to defend their flag or something, unless of course it already is.
There are some obvious thigns right of the bat that could be fixed to help gameplay you could balance the weapons grenades and powerups there are way to many. when placing weapons think what would bungie do because to be honest they do a good job with weapon placement every weapon has a weapon to counter it.
Off Topic: Cloud 9 is an ice cream shop. On Topic: I love you for making a map on Standoff. THis map looks really fun and I love floating bases. They give me pleasure when I jump from them and laser people at the same time. I am going to DL this map when I get back to my love. (Xbox 360)
Alot of good talking points here, thanks for the input guys. -BIGGnelson I agree that the grenades got a bit out of hand. I let my brother in law place grenades and forgot to go back through and delete some. Though I think the powerups (invis/overshield) are in a decent place in that they're far away from the center of the map where the bulk of the fighting should be taking place. I figured if you're willing to stick your neck out and run the distance to them, you should be rewarded. But I think I'm going to move some of the weapons from up top, to the ground close to spawn points so it doesn't feel so clustered. -Crouchaldhino Sorry for ganking the name, didn't intend to fleece. I went back and forth between, "Bird's Eye", "Pie in the Sky" and various others. Cloud 9 was simple and something I thought would stick out. I'll make some updates to it over the next week or so and will edit the OP for an updated version once completed. Again, thanks for all the input and keep it coming. Spread the word if you like the map, it definately serves as encouragment to create more.