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Old 02-25-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Wellspring


Wellspring
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Decades ago, long before the war with the Covenant, this place was a water treatment facility that pumped water out of an underground spring but as time passed it was abandoned and fell into disrepair. However after the covenant invasion of Earth the ancient facility was reactivated in order to provide water to the thousands of refugees living in camps to the south of the facility. Of course this got the attention of the brutes and now the UNSC must defend the spring and the facility at all costs.


Wellspring is an asymmetrical map that features a unique layout, terrific aesthetics, and epic gameplay. The main and most noticeable aspect of the map is the big hill blocking off the “02 base” area of foundry. The area blocked off by that hill becomes the defenders base which includes the flag spawn for 1 flag gametypes as well as catwalks and multiple secret entrances. One such entrance goes under the hill itself and another is located under the floorboards of the building on top of the hill.








The other notable aesthetic of the map is the waterfall in front of the defenders base. The water from this waterfall is coming directly from the underground spring and it is falling into the canal which transports it to the refugee camp. Behind the waterfall is another secret entrance to the base and on top is a sniper rifle.




The inside of the base includes the defenders flag spawn, a shotgun, and a variety of other weapons and grenades as well as a lift that takes you to the top of the hill.




The other half of the defenders side is the canal where you can find the active camo, the gravity hammer and the guard tower.










On the attackers side of the map there are the ruined remains of a humble building whose original purpose is long forgotten. Its current purpose is to provide shelter for another shotgun and sniper rifle as well as a bubble shield to give the attackers some cover while they are assaulting the hill.








The other structure on the attackers side is the “shed” which houses the gausshog. This really isn’t a vehicle map because it is really hard to maneuver the bulky vehicles around all of the crates and walls but the gausshog makes for some really fun gameplay on this map. The attackers can use the gausshog to lay down fire on the defenders base to keep them pinned down while the defenders can use the gausshog to wreak havoc on the attackers side. It is also important to note that the gausshog is not overpowered at all on this map because its mobility is so limited and it is easily put out of action by grenades, the power drainer, or a simple hijacking. However its not completely useless either as it can deal a lot of damage in a short amount of time but more importantly it provides a lot of fun and a good laugh.






Gameplay
You have probably already guessed based on the screenshots and the description that this map is made for asymmetric gametypes but it is also set up for every other gametype. However the best gametypes for this map and the ones I recommend are one-flag, one-bomb, team slayer, FFA slayer, or FFA KOTH. I also recommend between 4 to 8 players in FFA games and 3 to 6 people per side in team games for best results.

Weapon List:
8 Frag Grenades / 20 second respawn
8 Spike Grenades / 20 second respawn
3 Magnums / 30 second respawn / 2 spare clips
1 Plasma Pistol / 30 second respawn
4 Smgs /30 second respawn / 2 spare clips
2 Plasma Rifles / 30 second respawn
2 Assault Rifles / 30 second respawn / 2 spare clips
2 Brute Shots / 45 second respawn / 2 spare clips
7 Carbines / 30-45 second respawn / 2 spare clips
7 Battle Rifles / 30-45 second respawn / 2 spare clips
2 Shotguns / 90-120 second respawn / 0 spare clips
2 Sniper Rifles / 120 second respawn/ 1 spare clip
1 Gravity Hammer / 120 second respawn
1 Laser / 90 second respawn
1 Active Camo / 120 second respawn
1 Power Drainer / 90 second respawn
1 Regenerator / 90 second respawn
1 Bubble Shield / 90 second respawn


(A few random pictures for your viewing pleasure)







Thanks for taking a look at Wellspring and please download. If you are wondering where the name comes from its actually the name for the magical springs from the story behind the tabletop turn based strategy game ‘Heroscape’ created by Hasbro. If you ever get the chance to play Heroscape definitely take it because it’s an amazing game. Also this map was actually made in May of 2008 and I’ve just been too lazy to post it until now. However it hasn’t just been sitting on my hard drive collecting dust, I have been constantly updating and improving it over time so by this point it plays really well and is very fun.

Thanks again for your time and don’t forget to download.
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The map looks awesome beautiful aesthetics and I can see some really fun games being played on this, I'll give it a 4/5 because I don't really like the area with the random wall corners, also this doesn't get my download because I keeping my maps clear for the Mythic Map Pack.

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I really like the center with the tower...but the area in pic 8 just seems boring and useless. Otherwise really nice geomerging and regular merging. 4/5
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Block off the other side and youve got a download mate, its just pointless.
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nice talent but i dont like the one empty part in the corner
and i really dont think foundry maps should have vehicles
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looks really fun and i like the athitics of th whole map in genral i love the gaurd toward and how you geomerged and interlocked i belive you geomerged i thought i saw some thing like that but yeah good job thats a 4/5 from me and a for sure D/L once i get space
keep foring do you sudjest any other game types beside Ctf

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this map has great gameplay (tested it out w a few freinds :D) and aesthetics. it was hard not to just stare while playing too :P there was also very very few bumps on the map. the only prob was the warthog was overpowered (like the warthog on standof) but other than that great
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wow, just... wow. this map is EPIC. i can tell you spent a lot of time on this map, it's got amazing interlocking and geomerging. all the map is great EXCEPT

get rid of the gausshog, replace it with a regular hog or two mongooses. the empty corner in the map subtracts from the awesomeness of this map. the tunnel in the back should be blocked [including the one room behind the "02" base, you know... with the red flag spawn...]


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I like how you made a "symmetrical" asymmetrical map, if you know what I mean
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I think this map.....will get featured. The aesthetics are beautiful and the interlocking is amazing. I love how neat the map is. In the fourth picture, I saw pallet and new there would be a secret area, which is great, I love them. I also noticed you have a cave/tunnel thing in the fifth picture. Nice. I love tight spaces as well. You definitely have my download. 4.7/5

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I sense a feature comin ur way. Excellent Map! Very few maps achieve aesthetics, and awesome screenshots!!! Anyway 4.5/5.

I cant rate gameplay yet cuz I Haven't tried it, so yeah. Great stuff!

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