Last Straw
By David White

Recommended Players: 4 - 12
Recommended Gametypes: Team Slayer, Capture the Flag, Assault, Infection

Tempers have been lost amongst the warehouses of Mombasa.

Last Straw is a reworking of my previous map, Short Straw. The weapon layout has been totally changed, the vehicles have been changed, alterations have been made to scenery and although it looks very similar at first, its overall a new map.

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Last Straw is a semi-symetrical map with minor scenery differences between the two sides and slightly different weapon positions to accomodate the different scenery. Overall, the map is made up of 3 structures, 2 of which are bases and the third is the large central warehouse.

Changes from Short Straw to Last Straw:

In Short Straw I found the bases to be rather tricky to get in to, especially when the opposing team was keeping inside with shotguns. To fix this, Last Straw has an open back wall, forming another balcony. Players can jump from the ramp in to the base and out again.

The top of the warehouse looked as if it should had a roof. In Last Straw, the walls which go around the edge of the top floor have been lowered to make them look more like safety barriers, rather than actuall walls.
It also means that good jumpers won't have an advantage here, anyone can get up on to the wall in a single jump.

Probably the most obvious change: the cranes have been removed. The cranes were nearly always mentioned in comments on the map. Most of the time they were positive comments but clearly they were distracting and were not beneficial for gameplay removed.
I also saved quite a bit of the budget!

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Weapons and Vehicles:

Around each base you will find:

Rocket Launcher - 120s
Covenant Carbine - 30s
2 Battle Rifles - 20s
SMG - 30s
Needler - 60s

2 Frag Grenades - 10s
4 Plasma Grenades (2 pairs) - 10s
Power Drain - 60s
Bubble Shield - 60s

2 Mongooses - 20s
Chopper - 45s

In each base:

2 Spikers - 20s
Mauler - 45s
Battle Rifle - 20s

Regenerator - 60s

Around the Warehouse:

2 SMGs - 30s
2 Plasma Rifles - 10s

2 Frag Grenades - 10s
Grav Lift - 90s

Inside the Warehouse

Plasma Pistol - 45s
Spartan Laser - 180s
2 Assault Rifles - 10s

2 Frag Grenades - 10s
Overshield - 150s

-- Screenshots --

The Warehouse - looking in from the front door

The Warehouse - Overshields up to, Laser on the platform below it

The Warehouse - the view of the front door from the inside.

The grav lift can be found in front of the Warehouse, along with 2 frag grenades.

-- Blue Base (Attackers) --

Looking up the side of the base - rocket spawns next to the fin and Chopper spawns in the tunnel.

Back of the base - the dead blue shows you the starting point.

The attacker's base still has that Wooden Asthetic.

-- Red Base (Defenders) --

You can see the ramp used to jump in to the base clearly. This is also where the bomb spawns in Assault.

Down the side - yes, there is some scenery in the ground for you geomerging addicts (in case you missed the geomerged tunnels) now don't bug me about it! Enjoy the geomerging and shut up.

Front of the base, its all a bit redder than the blue base!

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