FICTION

"The stories of Reach sent by this satellite became tales of the galaxy"

Fiction is the first design I started when Halo 3's Sandbox first came out. The original concept was meant to be inspired by Gaurdian/Lockout but to improve on parts of those designs I fealt were flawed. Lockout had more height variation than Guardian, however I wanted to push that boundry even further. Also the biggest flaw in those two designs in my opinion was the lack of safe routes around the map. This lead to standoffish gameplay especially towards the end of the game and almost required an objective for better movement.
Fiction also started life as an asymmetrical design with inverse symmetrical routes. This would allow new gameplay around every part of the map, yet still play symmetrical gametypes rather well. When it transitioned into Reach, I changed that concept to become a full inverse sym in order to potentially meet the needs of what MLG may be looking for. I kept the areas of the original Fiction that I liked and expanded from there.

Fiction has undergone numerous rebuilds in the last 3 months. Many changes have been due to poor movement, limited options, screen lag and a few other things. The latest iteration which brings us to release was a re-scaling. The biggest complaint once I got the map playing how I wanted was the size. Most of us aimed too high in terms of scale for Reach when it first came out, and Fiction is no exception. The map has been scaled towards the center from all directions anywhere from .5 - 1.0 units. This may not sound like much, but it definately made a large impact on pace for the better. Fiction was also originally designed to be a KotH/TS map, however until Bungie decides to patch that bug it will have to play the other gametypes instead. That being said, Fiction is no slouch when it comes to versatility. It supports all MLG gametypes with ease.

Coming from other suspended bridge maps onto Fiction, you'll instantly notice the maps verticallity. It has been tapered down from what it previously was as it became apparent fast it was too vertical. Now that I am much happier with the height and scale, the map is ready for it's Forge debut.

Video:
YouTube - Halo: Reach Forge Map - Fiction

Gametypes:
-Team Slayer
-Oddball
-Territories
-Multi-Flag
-FFA
-Crazy King

Item List:
DMR - 4 - 10s
NR - 2 - 30s
Magnum - 2 - 30s
PP - 2 - 90s
Plasma Repeater – 2 – 60s
Snipe - 2 - 120s
GL - 1 – 120s(Slayer Only)
Frags - 4 - 30s
Plasmas - 4 - 30s
Health Packs - 2 - 30s

Players:
2-8

Pictures:

Conclusion:
I hope you all enjoy the map. Big thanks to Tak for offering advice during the original design in H3. Big thanks to Fritz who's also been around since then helping me with ideas and testing as always. Big thanks to Salty for his input through most itterations of the deisgn. And big big thanks to everyone else that helped me test. Feel free to leave some feedback below.

NOTE: the jetpack in the first picture is on the MLG version only.

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FICTION