Integral Faction

This is my first seriously thought-out competitive map. Its meant to be completely original, while sort of reminding you of Lockout through a few key features; two large, weapon-focused towers for example. Though I've included almost twenty screenshots, I am also including a brief description of the map to more purposefully illustrate how the map plays.

IntegralFaction plays very arena-style offering equal opportunity power weapons, plentiful battle rifles, and one of each powerup, centered on map. There is virtually no way to immediately gain control of more than one power weapon at a time (unless everyone on your team is very skilled) because of the separate routes that a team must take to get to each of them.

Three of the "power items" (the sword, rockets, and camo, to be exact) are located in or on a central hallway, yet it is impossible for one person to grab more than one of these items before someone else has a chance to get to it because of carefully placed fence walls that divide the hallway from a movement standpoint, but not from a weaponry standpoint.

On either side of this central hallway are two imposing towers. On the near tower (closest to your spawn point in team games) sits the sniper rifle and a battle rifle. On the far tower sits a needler and overshield. These two towers are the keys to victory on this map. Each tower has four separate levels, allowing for Lockout-style call-outs (i.e. "He's at snipes 3!" or "He's at needler 2!"). Also contributing to the Lockout theme are three main lifts (one to sniper 4 [the sniper spawn] and one to each side of the needler tower [needler 3 is separated into two halves]).

Flanking the towers are two bunkers (one for each base) armed with two battle rifles and two smg's each. They offer adequate cover from nearly any angle.

Rounding out the map, we have the bases. Surrounding each base is a protective perimeter, shielding the base from ground-level fire. Inside the base, shield walls protect the goods (flag, bomb arm point, etc.).

The Screenshots

Red Base
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586021-Full.jpg

Blue Base
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586112-Full.jpg

Looking out from Red Base
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586216-Full.jpg

Looking out from Blue Base
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586303-Full.jpg

Red Bunker
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586398-Full.jpg

Blue Bunker
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586519-Full.jpg

Needler Tower Lvs. 1-4 (Far side tower)
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586690-Full.jpg

Sniper Tower Lvs. 1-4 (Near side tower
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586871-Full.jpg

Sniper 4 (Sniper Spawn)
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21586945-Full.jpg

Needler 3
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21587057-Full.jpg

Red Side
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21587903-Full.jpg

Blue Side
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21587954-Full.jpg

Sniper Lvs. 3 & 4
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588117-Full.jpg

Hallway view from main lift (Sniper Lv. 1) towards Needler Tower
Note the separated, yet included rocket and sword spawns
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588243-Full.jpg

Hallway view opposite the previous screenshot
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588413-Full.jpg

Entrance to sword room (Needler Lv. 1) and blue side lift to Needler Lv. 3 (there is a mirrored lift for red side)
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588534-Full.jpg

Needler Lv. 2 and teleporter to central battle rifle spawn (note the grenade slits for grenading sword spawn
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588594-Full.jpg

Needler Lv. 2 looking towards Sniper Lv. 2 (camo spawn)
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588738-Full.jpg

Needler Lv. 4 w/ OS spawn looking towards red side
[img width=800 height=600]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/LethalAftermath/21588795-Full.jpg

Download IntegralFaction here

Please notify me if there is anything that I could improve upon, whether it has to do with the map, the actual post, or anything else. PLEASE BE CRITICAL! I will not flame you for reviewing my map, whether good or bad.

: Removed "The Symmetric Lockout Hybrid" from the name.