Apollo

Apollo is a symmetrical Narrows inspired map, designed for team based games (Red vs. Blue) . This is the very first forge map I created (although not the first I've released, Novus), I've been working on it for about 4 months now, and can say that I've learned a whole lot during its creation. I have no clue how many test games I've played on this now, but each one of those has helped to make the map better. Therefor I must thank all of those who have helped me test Apollo, I wish I could name them all, but frankly there are far too many to thank. I must however give some thanks to ChronoTempest for his feedback from the Testers Guild, for the roof design, and improvements to the lift area.

During testing no one weapon or strategy ever seemed to become overpowered. The weapon set is balanced, but simple with only 3 primary power weapons two snipers, and a neutral rocket launcher. Games can be played with either AR, or DMR starts, as there are plenty of precision weapons around the map. The frame rate on Apollo is great, even for a bit of a large map with some long sightlines. I originally designed this for 4v4 primarily, but during testing I found that it worked great in 6v6 games as well. Hence the recommended players for Apollo is now set between 8 and 12 players.

I will be releasing two versions of Apollo, the first is the standard weapons version, and the second is a mlg version that has a few changes to it compared to the normal version. Well now that you have some basic information/ramblings I'll get to the weapons list and pictures

Weapon List
DMR x 5
Needle Rifle x 4
Needler x 2
Plasma Repeater x 2
Plasma Pistol x 2 (60s)
Sniper x 2 (120s) 1 spare
Rocket Launcher x 1 (180s) 1 spare
Sticky Grenade x 6
Frag Grenade x 2
Health Pack x 5

Pictures
Top Center
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5972/topcenterv.jpg
Snipe
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5845/sniped.jpg
Lift
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6381/liftr.jpg
Bottom Center

Base
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/96/basedu.jpg
Overview
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8875/overvieww.jpg

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MLG Version- setup for slayer, ctf, and bomb

Weapons List
DMR x7
NR x4
Pistol x2
Plasma Pistol x2 (60s)
Sticky Grenade x6
Frag x2
Health Pack x4
Sniper x2 (120s) 1 spare
Rocket Launcher (180s) 1 spare
Evade (slayer, and ctf)

Pictues (ones that show the differences)
Top Center

Base

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Thank you for viewing, I hope you will find the map fun, and enjoyable to play and that it serves as a good competitive space for your custom games. If you have any feedback, thoughts, or comments about either version I would love to hear from you. Again, thank you to everyone who has helped me test Apollo, it wouldn't be anywhere near what it is today without your help. If your wondering what would be a good first game on Apollo, I would recommend either Team Slayer, or Multi-flag.

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Download Apollo (MLG)