"They say there's nothing new under the sun. But Under the ground...."

Welcome to Perfection Nevada! Population 16 + 1 hungry Worm.

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GAMETYPE:Bungie.net : Bungie Online : Halo 3 File Details

Backstory: This map and gametype came about after a friend of mine and myself were messing around with the gravity hammer. Upon realizing it could hit through walls we decided we needed to make a gametype around that mechanic. Immediately, we thought of the Tremors series of movies and their underground monsters.

How it works:
Gametype: Infection

The Graboid Spawn

The first Graboid is the "Alpha Graboid". He has 75% speed, but has normal gravity and 1000% damage resistance. He is equipped with a Gravity Hammer and Instant Kill

The Alpha may create other Graboids by killing humans. These 2nd gen graboids have the same health, weapon, Instant Kill, and damage resistance. The main difference is that the 2nd gen has 200% gravity and 200% speed, making them quick, but grounded.

To get a kill Graboids must attack humans by hitting the "Ceiling" of the tunnels with their Gravity Hammers.

Example:

The yellow spartan is me, and the brown spartan is Actionsoldius.
Brown is the default graboid color.

As far as the humans go, there isn't much to say, other than they have no shields and start off only with an assault rifle.

Map:
The map is very roughly based off the town of Perfection. If we had had more bridge and double wall pieces, the town could have been bigger.

Map Overview
(Walls removed for better view)

From left to right; Nancy's House, Burt and Heather's, The Rescue Trailer, The Water Tower.

NOTE: A grav lift will spawn next to the water tower one minute into the game, allowing the player to take refuge at the top.

From left to right: The Water Tower, Nester's Trailer, Chang's Market.

IMPORTANT: Although the map has a plentiful supply of weapons, and even a turret, it is a risk to get them. It is especially important that the humans work together, as one person will have a hard time taking down a graboid.

The path to the weapons is explainded below.

The Human Spawn

Human's spawn on the roof of Chang's Market. There are a scant few weapons with a pitifuly low ammo count. Grab what you need and head to Nancy's House.

NOTE: If you fall off of the back of Chang's store, there is a teleport back to town, but you will be dumped in its center, out in the open.

Nester's Trailer

Although it's structurally unstable, Nester's Trailer does have a rocket launcher. Plus, its located directly across from Chang's. Make this pitstop if necessary.

Nancy's House

Located to the right of Nester's trailer is Nancy's House. To get in you must break down a barricade made of a few pallets and a crate. This might sound easy, but under constant attack from the graboids it can be quite difficult! Use the crate to get to the roof and hop into the teleport to Burt and Heather's Rec Room.

Burt and Heather's Rec room

Burt loves his guns and boy does he have quite the stash! Located here are:
Assault rifles
Sniper Rifles
Battle Rifles
Smg's
A Flame Thrower
Handgrenades
Fire Bomb Grenades
A Machine Gun Turret

IMPORTANT:Choose your weapons wisely, because when its gone, its gone. None of the weapons in the map will respawn.

Lock and Load

Once you've got your arsenal picked out, head to the other teleport in the room and you'll be dropped onto the back of the rescue trailer. From here you can head where you want and prepare to hold out.

Back Door

After about two and a half minutes a gravelift will spawn in a blocked-off area beind the rescue trailer and allow the graboids to rampage around the surface. Once the graboids are at ground level with the humans, all bets are off....

Strategies and Tips:
Humans -
1. Get into Burt and Heather's as fast as possible. You're not going to make it with the scant few weapons at Chang's.

2. Keep moving! The Graboids can only "see" you on radar when you move, but you're a harder target to hit!

3. Grav Hammer hits can sometimes knock you off buildings, so be careful!

4. Remember the Alpha can still jump, try to pick him/her out and kill them first.

Graboids -
1. Keep attacking! You may not kill a human outright, but the constant grav hammer attacks can keep them on their toes and you may get a lucky deathstrike through the floor.

2. Use your radar!

3. Keep the tower off limits. After one minute the grav lift at the water tower spawns, destory it by hitting the ground under it and keep the humans on the go for another minute.

4. Watch for the Back Door Lift! After two and a half minutes the back door lift opens and both Alpha's and 2nd gen's have access to the surface.

5. Patrol Nancy's and the Water Tower. As the two most important spots on the map, they should be high value targets.

Sorry that was so long! Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy this, as I know my friends and myself did enjoy playtesting this!

Thanks to:
ActionSoldius for improving my original design doc and helping in the construction.
Stoticstud for playtesting
and Big T Rizzle for Pre-map gametype testing.