special thanks to Juggernaut448
for the panorama.
All your base are belong to us!
For those of you that don’t know about Conquest, it’s a fast-paced Territories variant that is a constant push and shove match where what you conquer is never fully yours. Conquest was originally created by AZN FTW, and full credit goes to him and to what has come to be a standard gametype here at Forge Hub. I’ve chosen to create a Conquest map around Standoff, and I feel that Concussion brings a little something special to the game.
Straight to business, then. Both teams start off in their respective bases/bunkers. Throwing the switch to the gates will get you into the first Territory, and you’ll also be rewarded with a Brute Shot and a Deployable Cover.
Head back out through the base (your way will be obvious; everything else is blocked off) and you’ll reach the second Territory to claim.
At the end of this corridor you’ll find a Custom Powerup and a teleporter that will take you to one of Standoff's launch pads where three more Territories reside, and where most of the action takes place.
There are three floating receiver nodes for each team to make your entrance to the launch pad a little less predictable, and a Custom Powerup on a short respawn timer to further help eliminate teleporter camping.
There is also another sender node for each team back to their own base. A grav lift on a 10 sec respawn acts as a ‘door’ that you have to open to use the teleporter and infiltrate your enemies’ base (I've found that a Spike Grenade works the best).
That’s the gist of the layout. Your team’s goal is to capture and hold as many of the seven territories as you can for each of the three, 3-minute rounds. Since the size of this map is a bit larger than the other Conquest maps that have been made, I’ve added some things that the gametype doesn’t normally allow for. Battle Rifles and Carbines are located in each team’s bunker, and a couple of pieces of equipment have been thrown into the mix. As well as the previously mentioned Deployable Cover, there is also one lone Power Drain located on the underside of the activated launch pad. Much thought was put into whether or not equipment or even the mid-to-long range weapons should be added, and after a lot of testing I’ve determined that they work really well for the map. The Power Drain only spawns once per round, and the Deployable Cover is located in a portion of the bunker that is time-consuming to get to, not to mention easily dispatched by the Brute Shot.
Weapons List:
- Battle Rifle – 2 (1 clip, 30sec)
- Brute Shot – 4 (2 w/1 clip, 30sec; 2 w/no extra ammo on launch pad, 60sec)
- Covenant Carbine – 2 (1 clip, 45sec)
- Magnum – 4 (2 clips, 30sec)
- Needler – 2 (1 clip, 90sec)
- Plasma Pistol - 2 (30sec)
- SMG – 4 (1 clip, 30sec)
- Sniper Rifle – 2 (1 clip, 90 sec)
- Spiker – 4 (1 clip, 30sec)
Equipment List:
- Flame Grenades – 2 (90sec)
- Spike Grenades – 12 ( 4 per base, 30sec; 4 on launch pad, 45sec)
- Deployable Cover – 2 (60sec)
- Power Drain – 1 (180sec)
- Custom Powerup – 2 (30sec)
I should bring this up now, because there will no doubt be some responses of “LOL, I broke your map!”. Due to the scenery limitations of Standoff, it is possible to escape the map in the launch pad area. The fact that Conquest is such a fast-paced game leads to this not being much of a factor. However, if you somehow find yourself outside of the map’s boundaries, there are two teleporters nearby to take you right back into the fray. And If you’re one of those people who purposely try and escape a map at an attempt to be cool, screw you and I hope you die. You’re making your team lose, you douchebag.
I’ll leave you now with some parting screens of gameplay. A big thanks to everyone that helped me test this and a very special thanks goes out to Predicide for hosting a preview game of this in last Friday’s TGIF session.
