Competitive Basin

[Darkrain491]

Basin (version 1.0) - A forgotten dock, that once harboured numerous goods, now stands empty

BASIN

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Basin started as a very interesting basis. Some may have noticed that at the bases on the Islands on Forge Island, one can hear the sounds of the Ocean "crashing" against the island's bases. Upon discovering this, I decided I had to include this beautiful sound in a map, So Basin was born.

Basin is a themed map. Taking the shape of an abandoned dock, as a homage to a personal favourite of the Halo 3 map line-up, Longshore. The map has a few...

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[RogerDodger]

I hadn't the time before to tell you how I felt about Basin. The theme you have going is great, and the general layout works fine. However, the way in which you have executed it could use improvement. As a whole, the map is far too permeable with sight lines. That's because there are so many window box structures, which don't give much dynamic cover. While the flat terrain on most of the dock makes the Ghost easy to use, it makes gameplay rather stale and further agitates the previous issue.

You would know how to amend these issues, I've seen it done on many maps of yours. Do it again for Basin, and you'll surely end up with a better map.

 

[Darkrain491]

I hadn't the time before to tell you how I felt about Basin. The theme you have going is great, and the general layout works fine. However, the way in which you have executed it could use improvement. As a whole, the map is far too permeable with sight lines. That's because there are so many window box structures, which don't give much dynamic cover. While the flat terrain on most of the dock makes the Ghost easy to use, it makes gameplay rather stale and further agitates the previous issue.

You would know how to amend these issues, I've seen it done on many maps of yours. Do it again for Basin, and you'll surely end up with a better map.

All the loose sightlines have been fixed up since you saw it. The ghost is getting removed in 1.1 because it was to easy to kill, and difficult to use.

 

[Darkrain491]

Darkrain491 updated Basin with a new update entry:

Minor Weapon/Vehicle update

The ghost has been removed, due to a large groups advice, and the weapons on map have had an Ammo update

Rockets: 180 respawn, 1 extra mag
Snipers: 150 respawn, 1 spare mag
concussion rifle: 120 respawn, 1 extra mag

I will be updating the overhead soon.

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