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SKYLINE

Nestled within a valley, this airborne communication station is still the site of bloody conflict.

SKYLINE was my third created map, and along with LABYRINTH was submitted in FORGETACULAR for BTB.

The map works really well with CTF and Assault. I think these, along with Team Slayer (and possibly Team Snipers?), will be the maps strong points. Multiple pathways allow for travel between the two bases to reach the center of the map. After some play testing, I decided to put in man cannons to allow another way to access the middle of the map at a much faster pace.

My original idea was to make a small symmetrical 4v4 map with 2 bases and then the middle point (more so fully symmetrical than VEXIS). As designing the map continued, it seemed it would be too big for that and so I thought I would try to focus on building an Invasion map. I attempted to grasp how to set up an objective Invasion map, but it was beyond me.

I decided to just make SKYLINE another BTB map. I felt this one would be a lot more appealing to most, compared to LABYRINTH, for competitive play.

I have a habit of saying there is a rear and front base on each team. The rear bases are the initial spawns per team and where the Falcons spawn. Falcons only spawn in Team game types. The front base houses a majority of the weapons available per team (symmetrically placed on each side).

Each team has a mounted machine gun turret on the rear and front bases.

VEHICLE/WEAPON/MISC LIST:
2x Falcons (Team Only) (180s)
4x Mounted Machineguns (180s)
2x Plasma Turrets (180s)
4x DMRs (45s/2sc)
2x Sniper Rifles (120s/1sc)
2x Shotguns (120s/1sc)
2x Needle Rifles (45s/2sc)
2x Needlers (30s/2sc)
2x Plasma Pistols (30s)
2x Assault Rifles (30s/2sc)
1x Rocket Launcher (180s/1sc)
1x Spartan Laser (180s)
1x Fuel Rod Gun (180s)
1x Grenade Launcher (90s/5sc)
1x Concussion Rifle (90s/2sc)
5x Plasma Grenades (45s)
3x Frag Grenades (45s)
6x Health Stations (15s)

I would like to note that being this was made for BTB and entered in a contest, I assumed if ever placed in Match Making, the preset DMR load outs would be administered.

I originally had a Gravity Hammer and Energy Sword on the map and no Spartan Laser/Fuel Rod Gun. After reading through the forums some, and finally accepting they had no place on the map, I removed them. I think replacing them with the Spartan Laser and Fuel Rod Gun improved the map a lot. Especially with having the Falcons on the map (originally Banshees).

Like mentioned earlier, the map runs CTF and Assault great, but is set up for most game types. I personally have yet to try much more beyond CTF/Assault/FFA/TS so if anyone tries any of the other game types please feel free to comment and leave feedback.

I think this became the favorite of the 3 maps I made over these past 2 months.

Download it and give it a try. All feedback is appreciated, and I look forward to more time spent Forging and hopefully play testing other maps within the community here at Forge Hub!

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Thanks for your time!