Halo 3, Infinity, and the second level of Halo. No inspiration was drawn from any existing CE maps let alone that monstrosity.
As I've said before, it was immensely fun when playing with good friends, as was testing Coldsnap; once they went public they lost all their charm and became off-limits except for griefing or massive gatecrashing sessions (i.e. bringing 5+ intelligent people with you to work together) as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah, the plain end is far more open and the same thought did strike me. I'm going to try break it up with considerable amounts of ground cover, small ravines and creeks, ruins, etc. Hugeass would've been a lot better if the ground wasn't so plain, so I certainly don't want to leave it open.
Yeah. The map is pretty much designed for organised teams who can work together; I really don't give two fucks about pubbies who think lone-wolfing is the only way to play or teams where there are too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. The 'organise or die' thing is what I'm going for, with each team ideally dividing into smaller, close-knit units. I had actually thought this map would be great for Modacity gaming sessions, since most of us who have been around a while can work together but have our own clusters of best friends.
The centre path isn't really the be-all and end-all it might seem. It's the largest and most heavily defended, and while open to all vehicles, it's still a death-trap for many of them. The flank paths and sniper roosts are the less obvious option for an assault or blocking manoeuvre but far stronger, in theory at least.
That'll be the fun part.
Sev - no screens or videos because I've just moved, my internet is up and down constantly, and I've been spending most of my time either looking after my grandmother or visiting my parents. At any rate I don't have the talent to make a decent-looking map yet, hence focusing on concepts before I even think of anything else. This probably won't be released before the middle of this year, and it may even be later, but I fully intend to complete it no matter what.
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