Raven's Lair
By SecretSchnitzel

Raven's Lair is the redesign of my previous map, Luxor Station, of which I was not content with the design or aesthetics. I had felt that the rooms outside of the center were too "plain", and that the engagements players had around the map were uninteresting because of the lack of different elevation levels. Additionally, the original map has issues with spacing and players spawning, which could be alleviated by a slight upscaling and redesign of several of the rooms. Furthermore, the original map's aesthetics were extremely "dated" and looked awful compared to what is currently being done in forge. This update rectifies all of this issues I had with the map, and brings a new aesthetic theme based off Halo 3's campaign mission "Crow's Nest".

Raven's Lair is an inverse symmetrical room-based map, composed of 6 rooms surrounding a central atrium. It features 3 distinct levels with varying degrees of overlap, as well as a dynamic element in the form of a terminal in each bases' adjoining "closet" room that closes a central door for 8-seconds. This dynamic element adds another level of strategy to the map's primary game types of Assault and Capture the Flag, as it greatly alters how a team can attack or defend a base. The dynamic element also has a 2-minute cool down timer to prevent abuse and encourage players to strategically manage its usage. Worth noting, despite this map being inverse symmetrical, it is not color coded to each team's side, but instead relies on asymmetrical aesthetics to differentiate the various play spaces from each other.

Weapons:
Sniper x2 120s (1 spare clip)
Camo 120s (Assault Exclude)
OS 120s (Assault Only)
Plasma Caster 90s (1 spare clip)
Light Rifle x2
Carbine x2
Brute Plasma x2
Splinter Nades x2
Plasma Nades x4
Frags x4

Screenshots:

Red Base

Red Closet

Red Vat

Blue Base

Blue Closet

Blue Vat

Center Atrium

Bottom Mid

Dynamic Element: Switch in Closet closes door in window shown to the left for 8 seconds. Cool down timer of 2 minutes. Switch sinks into the ground when activated, rises back up after cool down period.