COLDFRONT v4
Suggested Gametypes: 1 Flag, 1 Bomb (BR starts)
# of Players: 8-12

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Ghosts of Onyx Legendary Forging Competition Winner - May 08

Description:
Coldfront is an asymmetrical map taking up roughly a quarter of Avalanche. It extends from Laser spawn up to the outer red-base teleporter cave. Designed for One Flag BRs and One Bomb BRs, Coldfront offers exciting, fast paced gameplay mixing short, mid, and long rang battles with vehicular combat. Coldfront really offers a BTB feeling in medium team settings, and results in some epic, tight matches. Ghosts run rampant as your team tries to ascend the hill and storm the base in hunt for the Flag or a Bomb plant. Coldfront's trademark features include its forerunner defensive sniper tower, along with the Mario pipes (patent-pending). You’ll see what I mean in-game. They provide a strategic, quick route directly across the map. Coldfront also boasts a low catwalk off the edge of Avalanche. Its a risk-reward scenario, The Rocket Launcher at the middle, but once you commit to the Rockets, there's basically no going back, as you can only get back up at each end (even then its not a cake jump). Its littered with a couple power cores, however does provide some cover from the sniper tower, and can be a sneaky path to take at times.

I originally had the Colorblind Filter on, as it made the Sniper structures look alot more forerunner-ish. However, when testing, I found that while it did look sweet, it was not worth the compromises in gameplay. Basically it was too difficult to make out players in the distance, weapons, etc. It all blended a little too well.

Due to the Item Limit, this map IS breakable. I know this. But its not very easy, and respectable people won't break it anyway. The boundaries are clearly marked, its not really an issue. And lay off the "i brokedz ur mapzorz Lightsource!" cause I know.

VERSION 2 CHANGES:
- Moved some Attack spawns more forward into map
- Re-vamped re-spawn area system
- Deleted 1 Attack Ghost for another Mongoose
- Created new, additional Mongoose Hut for the Attack
- Re-adjusted step ladder to turret tower

VERSION 3 CHANGES:
- Man cannon cover won't spawn for an extra 15 seconds (45 now)
- Defensive Ghost will never respawn
- Flipped Trip Mine, Power Drain spawns to favor the Attack
- Raised Defensive Beam Rifle spawn time to 150s from 120s
- Lowered Rocket Launcher spawn time from 120s to 90s
- Shortened back of the D base even more, moved Flag spawn outwards a bit

VERSION 4 CHANGES:
- Re-worked defensive flag home/away spawning system
- Timed man cannon cover changed back to 30s spawn
-At 30s, new man cannon spawns by the big one on D side (now covered), pointing out to left of map, opening up that half of the map more, making it a more attractive/viable option for flag carriers
- Added ledge/steps to ends of Rocket bridge to make them easier to use
- Added extra tele lights around the map at 2 side stations
- Fixed "hole" in back of D base where you could slip past the energy blocker
- Power Cores in D base

On to the good stuff:

Attack side

NEW mongoose cubby added to Attack side

Attack Sniper tower

Right side. TO USE MARIO PIPES, JUMP AT GLOWING ARROWS TO GO UP, THEN FALL INTO TELE IN BOX

Rocket catwalk

Center

Left side. TO USE MARIO PIPES, JUMP AT GLOWING ARROWS TO GO UP, THEN FALL INTO TELE IN BOX

Man Cannon chute to D base

New lift up to D base (only works in CTF/Assault)
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7136/newliftpn2.jpg

Defensive base

30 second delayed respawn on the Man Cannon cover, rewarding the successful first rush. When it closes at 30 seconds, new cannon appears to open up the right side of the map

Defensive Sniper tower

Weapons:
Assault Rifle - 4
Battle Rifle - 4
Covenant Carbine - 4
SMG - 2
Spiker - 2
Needler - 1
Mauler - 1
Beam Rifle - 2
Rocket Launcher - 1
Plasma Pistol - 1
Plasma Cannon - 2

Vehicles:
Attack
Ghosts - 2
Mongoose - 1
Defense
Ghost - 1

Equipment:
Frag Grenade – 5
Plasma Grenade – 6
Deployable Cover - 2
Regenerator - 1
Trip Mine - 1
Power Drain - 1

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Hope you enjoy. Constructive criticism is appreciated, as I'm always looking to improve upon it.