Arctic Outpost is a mid-sized symmetrical arena map made for fun, intense games of all kinds, especially team slayer, king of the hill, oddball, and one flag. It plays best with teams of 3-5 players each, but slightly more (or less) players are fine too. It has a unique layout and feel, with striking aesthetic features like a huge bank of windows overlooking an inaccessible landing pad, and a see-through floor with waves lapping at distant structures below. Most interestingly, it is symmetrical even though one end of the map is all forerunner structure and the other end is a natural cave formation (with an artificial and partly transparent floor).

It should play with no frame rate issues on full screen mode. As with many forged maps, I can't promise the same for splitscreen.

Screenshots and video

YouTube - Halo: Reach map preview - Arctic Outpost

Weapons and equipment

- 6 DMRs
- 2 needle rifles
- 2 needlers
- 2 plasma pistols
- 2 plasma repeaters
- 2 plasma rifles
- 2 spikers
- 2 grenade launchers (118 second respawn/drop spawn)
- 2 swords (120 second respawn)
- 2 assault rifles
- 2 magnums
- 4 health stations
- assorted frag and plasma grenades

Unique features

- Aesthetically appealing dual sword spawns
- See-through floor in center area
- Aesthetic landing pad with traffic control tower behind large bank of windows
- Symmetrical bases with the same layout but entirely different materials
- Windows that aren't regular windows (few of my play testers seem to have noticed or commented on this, but I think I pioneered the technique. You will also see it in Requiem Fiasco's map Proteus when it is released.)
- Unusual hive-like facade for each base, with multiple doors and elevated entry via mancannon

Thanks

- Requiem Fiasco, who helped me put together the front area of the bases
- SecretSchnitzel, who played the map a couple times and had good feedback for me
- Anybody else who helped play test, I know there were more of you