Promethean
"Time in its aging course teaches all things"
YouTube - Promethean Fly Through.wmv

Version 2 now available without the shield doors at Glass Corner.
Version 1 - still available and as of 12/10/10 had 101 downloads and 5 likes
In short, Promethean is the lovechild of 'spontaneous imagination' and 'labor of love'. I started Promethean 1 month ago with only a handful of small ideas, and as I built, the map designed itself using me as its creator. Upon initial creation Promethean glimmered and shined in ways I never imagined. Through multiple playtests I reconfigured a few things to enhance certain areas of the map, and ultimately Promethean is better for it.

Want pictures and not details? Skip past weapons list

Promethean is broken into a number of main areas; Overlook, Glass Corners (Red and Blue), Hammer and Lift zone, Central Platform, and the Brace Gate Battlefield. It's overarching design is a U-shaped ring around a central lower field.

During a normal game of slayer, the highlight of the map becomes the Central Platform. With a central Gravity Lift, 2 Heavy man cannons, and 2 two-way teleporters as the only entrance points, Central Platform becomes a heavily battle worn area with frantic fire fights as Spartans and Elites launch themselves into the fray from below. Other highlights include Overlook with a Rocket Launcher spawn, a standing Hammer (Normal Physics) that is only reachable from above, and a couple of one-way drops out of the second level of Glass Corners.

Weapons included:
1 - Rocket Launcher 180 sec. spawn - 1 extra clip
1 Gravity Hammer 180 sec. spawn
1 Sniper Rifle 180 sec. spawn - 1 extra clip
1 Shotgun 60 or 90 sec. spawn - 1 extra clip
4 DMR 30 sec spawn - 2 extra clip
2 Needle Rifle 30 sec. spawn - 2 extra clip
2 Plasma Pistol
2 Needlers
Various Grenades throughout the map

In a nutshell, Promethean is fast, fun, and varied. It plays smooth and is balanced well. The spawn system is lightly modified to promote varied and pleasant spawns. And the different areas of the map are broken up decently to enhance different play styles. Up and around Overlook and Glass corners is a more tight and short line of sight area, and down around Brace Gates is more long sight lines with broken views for a lot of strafing fire fights. Central Platform is pure fun bottled up in a mash of chaos.

Take a look here for my "Preview Post"which features some before and after and notes how the map has changed in a few key ways.

And then when you're done with all of that, download it, enjoy it, talk about it, and rate it over on Bungie.net. I really hope its as good for you as it has been for me.
Thanks All!

Central Platform

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View Out of One Way Drops Looking at Overlook, Hammer Spawn
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Glass Corners
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Hammer Spawn and Central Gravity Lift
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'Brace Gates' Battle Field
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Angled Shots of Platform, Brace Gates, and Heavy Man Cannon
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Lower Floor of Glass Corners looking at Teleporters
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View out of Teleporters on Central Platform
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