First of all, Snowbound is a great map. But have you ever played Team Slayer, Slayer, or Team Doubles Slayer and lost to people less skilled than you because they abuse the shotgun? Better Snowbound is the variant that evens things out, even more than just the shotgun.

So the first thing I did was remove the shotgun from it's standard position

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2084967761/

But don't worry I made up for removing it. Now the map has TWO shotguns, one in each base.

The other thing that was unbalanced about Snowbound was the Beam Rifle/Spartan Laser set up. It is unbalanced because a sniper could take out the guy with the laser quick, real quick. So I removed the Spartan Laser (it's ok I put it somewhere else, we'll get to that next) and replaced it with a human sniper rifle. So now each base as a sniper weapon and a shotgun.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2085751554/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2085751348/

But where did I move the Spartan Laser you ask? I put it here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2085750918/

So now, if two teams rush the Ghost, the losing team (if alive) can take the Spartan laser and have a fighting chance of taking the Ghost out before he goes on a Splatter Spree.

That brings me to my next point. There is only one vehicle. And if one team manages to get both the vehicle and the Spartan Laser, there is still hope for the other team. Back over on the opposite side of the map, near the large entrance to the underground, I placed a Brute Chopper, as well as a rocket launcher next to it. So now both sides have a vehicle and and an anti-vehicle weapon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2085978958/

OK, this always bothered me. One base has a needler, a really deadly weapon in the right hands, and the other has a plasma pistol, only deadly on rare occasions. I didn't think either deserved to be deleted or replaced, so I just added one to each side to make both sides have one of each.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2085750538/

The last update worth mentioning is the fact that one base had two Battle Rifles on it's backside with a Covenant Carbine hidden behind it and the other base had two Covenant Carbines with a Battle Rifle hidden behind it. So I basically switched one of the weapons out with the opposite to make each side have one of each on the backside of the base and both have a Battle Rifle hidden behind them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21512031@N07/2084967305/

There are a few other small updates that also make it even that most people probably won't even noticed.

So where can I find this wonderful map?

Why here of course:

http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/fileshare.aspx?gamertag=RockOn4life45&pub=14179743
Slot number 3

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