It can be frustrating how foundry seems to force angular, industrial looking shapes onto any map made there. I wanted to get as far away from this â€œboxyâ€ feeling as possible. Going into this map, I had something very organic in mind.

Ok, first, the best part of this map, the palm trees.

There are two of these guys, each equipped with exploding coconuts. The way Iâ€™ve got the coconuts set up; a shot from the AR knocks them down, hitting anyone below the tree, shoot it with a BR to hit enemies hidden in the leaves.

Let me get the worst part of the map out of the way, the beach. At the time I thought using shield doors as water was pretty clever. But now that Iâ€™ve looked around this site I see that itâ€™s nothing new. Oh well.

Behind the palm trees is a giant brown tree, sporting three extra large leaves. Jump from leaf to leaf to scale the tree like you would a winding staircase.

To the right of that is the light house, up top youâ€™ll find a Spartan Laser, use its light to guide ships into port (and then destroy them).

Jump behind the lighthouse to find an entrance to a small cave.

Hidden Ghost!

Surrounding the water are some caves, which make a kind of â€œhâ€ shape. I canâ€™t stand the long boring hallways that the open crates almost force you to create, so I made a hidden exit near the middle of the caverns. Move a barrel to findâ€¦

Hidden beach shack exit!

Next to the shack is a tiki bar.

Next is the cargo ship, hauling some crates and a warthog.

If you search the side of the ship youâ€™ll eventually find some wooden boards, destroy them to get inside the ship, then shoot the fusion coil inside to findâ€¦

Hidden exploding exit!
Also, the Warthog has a little bit of set path that can be followed. By driving straight, then turning right, and then correctly hitting two jumps, you end up on top of the Ghost cave.

Last is a plane. This sky high view of the beach allows you use the mounted turret to ruin everyoneâ€™s vacation.

To get up here use the smoke stack at the end of the cargo ship (man cannon).

Thatâ€™s the map. The defining characteristic of it would definitely be the two palm trees, they connect the entire map together. You can go from the trees to the cargo ship, or to the beach cliffs, or onto the large brown tree, and even up to the top of the lighthouse. Wherever you want to be on the map, youâ€™re only two palm tree hops away.

Only set up to support slayer and team slayer. And let me say right now that none of my friends who play Halo are really into the game enough to test a map with me, so this map has never seen any play. Despite that, I think that itâ€™ll make for an interesting game of either slayer or team slayer.

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