Hyperborean

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-Changes in Version 2-

-Changes to respawn zones that dramatically effected gameplay. Respawns are much better, which obviously made gameplay better.

-Changes to weapon layout. More BRs added for those who don't play with BR starts. Also took away 2 plasma pistols, and took away a trip mine that caused camping at the sniper tower. Added a regenerator in place of the trip mine.

-Changes to map geometry. Added another walkway to the Laser Overpass to make the structure used more often and more effective, as well as the laser. Also added another high point in the map in an area that was lacking a height advantage (right above camo spawn) Also added a mancannon near the mancannon cave entrance that shoots you across the map to provide faster travel so players can get into the battle faster.



Hy·per·bo·re·an
–noun
1. Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.
4. (lowercase) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.

Backstory​

The Covenant war is spreading to farther planets, planets farther from stars and suns. The climate on planet Hyperborean had given his name, as well as it's dwellers. The Hyperboreans weren't popular amongst most, but many who had studied the planet, knew of their unique architecture. Scientists had also been studying a from of energy that Hyperboreans use. They used this energy to power their exclusive transportation system of high powered mancannons.

-Description-​

Hyperborean is a Big Team Battle/ Squad Battle map, based of half of the map "Avalanche." Default Avalanche is a huge map, so vehicles are key when your playing on it. The whole map is just blank, so when you don't have a vehicle, well, your screwed. I don't really like big team battle on Avalanche. But I've always loved big team battle on Valhalla. So basically, I realized that about half of Avalanche is almost the same size as Valhalla. After some brainstorming, the main goal of my map was to create a map sort of like Valhalla, with a couple of structures, high points, and cover thrown in. I created an asymmetric map and made some use of my resources

In Hyperborean, You don't need a vehicle to get kills or flag captures, etc. You can get kills on vehicles of course, but the amount of high points and cover on the map allows you to make some use of the handy BR on foot. Getting flag captures on foot is easier than you expect as well. The mancannons already installed with the map, come as handy shortcuts when your walking on foot. But of course, you can always use the good ol' warthog to cap a flag.


-Weapon List-

-15 Battle Rifles (added 5 more)
-2 Plasma Pistols (took away 2)
-2 Needlers
-1 Beam Rifle
-2 Brute Shots
-1 Spartan Laser
-1 Gravity Hammer
-1 Missle Pod
-2 Covenant Carbines
-2 Maulers


-1 Frag Grenade
-6 Plasma Grenades
-2 Bubble Shields
-2 Power Drains
-1 Trip Mines
-2 Regenerator

-1 Overshield
-1 Active Camo


Layout Pictures


Attacker's side


Attacker's side


Attacker's side


NEW: alternate walkway added to Laser Overpass.


Mid. Section


Mid. Tower


Defender's Base


Defender's Side NEW: Added structure (upside down ramp above camo)


Defender's Sub-Base



NEW: Added Mancannon to provide faster travel around the map, and less time to get into the battle.
The mancannon usually launches you into the green open box seen in the background, but will occasionally launch you over the box.

Action Pics






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(BR starts recommended)



Special Thanks to:

Ace of Light
Il1
HighImpact1
RocKxNxRolL
Andy A99
MelowMaverick
Adelyss
Halo Life 2
HLG Viper
xRedxNormandy
sdrakulich
Vorpal Saint

These guys helped test a lot, and/or helped me get the map to my full potential

 

ehh, sorry? I guess I didn't really think of asking you. Just add me. Whenever I'm testing maps I send out invites multiple times to everybody on my friends list.

Anyway, reminds you of Burial Mounds? not exactly what I was going for, but hey, Burial Mounds was a great map.

sorry to mean, but I'm glad to see a warning for your post... Spam is one of the most annoying things in my book.

the answer to your question... yes, I'm pretty sure it was included in my description if you want to read over it again.

ha, well, my movable geometry would be hard to pull off on Avalanche, but It's possible... Maybe you will see it in the future ^_^

anyway, about my map names... Dictionary/ Thesaurus.com baby, you learn to love it.

Yeah, I decided to make a couple of changes before I posted it. I just knew something was missing on the map, but it all seems well now.

But I had been testing for a couple weeks dude, you were always busy forging your map when I would send you invites... or playing another game... you made me sadface... lol

anyway, about venturing away from foundry... I seem to like it. Foundry get's boring after a while, and you are very constricted on space. You already saw my next step... yeah, that's right. Blackout.

Those bumps... hardly even bumps. You won't really even realize anything while walking through them, trust me.

heh, thanks dude. Making maps on Avalanche takes a lot of time... even this map where I have very few complex structures. Makes me wonder how long and frustrating it was for Pegasi Delta to make Clive...

 

yup, i took quite a lot of time tweaking a few things, and I scrapped that structure where on of the ghosts spawned because it was pretty pointless, and added a more useful sctructure. Then of course a little changes to weapons and respawns. Anyway, those sniper games were pretty fun eh? thanks for helping me playtest dude.

really, I've explained It's a BTB map, but it cuts Avalanche in half... (well a tiny bit more than half) it's not that big, and games weren't laggy at all during playtesting.

thanks dude, I hope the map plays as well as I presented it for you. I put quite a lot of time into the map. The story, I don't get into that type of stuff really, but after I had found my title, I was able to think up of a pretty elaborate background story relating the title to the map. If you didn't know, a Hyperborean was a mythical person who dwelled in a far north place with an abundance of sunshine. On the actual map's description on Bungie.net, I wrote "This cold planet is the fire of the war." It all ties in.

 

Hope this isn't considered a bump... but this is much needed information.

I have released a version 2.

In version 2, I have made some big changes to the spawn system, slight changes to the weapon layout, and moderate changes to the map geometry. Overall, all these changes dramatically effect gameplay for the better. Meaning... the gameplay on v2 could throw v1's gameplay out of the water.

Please download v2 if you downloaded v1 to get the best out of the map.

thanks.