Halo 4 Battleship

[ShockBolt21]

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This map is oriented around the UNSC Ghost Ship, one of the last water-based ships in service under the UNSC before they retire their watercraft in favor of the more versatile and capable spacecraft.

 

The Ghost Ship fires its main cannon at the attacking flood.

The humans will begin the round by grabbing a few weapons from the stockpile below deck, where the humans spawn. They will then proceed through the chambers to a staircase, where they will rise through an opening in the deck. On the deck, there are several mounted turrets- two machine guns, two plasma turrets, and a high explosive frontally mounted 120mm cannon. The humans will occupy the turrets and prepare to repel the incoming flood, which will be attacking from the starboard side.

 

View from behind the vessel. Visible are the two plasma turrets, the main battery, and one of the mounted machine guns. The Floods spawn area is clearly visible to the front and right of the ship.

The flood will spawn in a separate area within the cave. They will be marked by wayponts until they reach the ship so the humans will know where they are attacking from. They will run through one of three man cannons, which will launch them through a low gravity zone towards the ship. The flood can maneuver left, right, forward, and backward to avoid incoming projectiles and make themselves harder to hit. The minimum time it takes for the flood to reach the ship after launch is about thirteen seconds, giving the humans time to shoot them down on their way with one of the turrets or a handheld weapon.

 

A spartan attempts to repel an incoming flood with a saw. Flood attack vector is visible in the background.

The flood damage resistance is 200 percent (normally on flood it's 50 percent), so while it isn't unreasonably powerful, it is still much harder to kill than the traditional flood. This is to discourage players from camping below deck or in one of the buildings, and instead attempt to shoot them down before they reach the ship, and preferably utilize teamwork like an actual ship crew would. But in the event the flood do reach the ship, it is up to those still on foot to use their weapons to take out the flood before they can infect too many humans. There are also several buildings on the ship, as well as the area below deck, to spice up the onboard combat. Do remember, though, that the flood can destroy the main turret with one slash, so you're not 100% safe inside of it (It will spawn back though). Keep the flood off of the ship at all costs.

 

A spartan defends himself against the flood after it bypassed the turret fire and reached the ship.

Do be advised, though, that these screenshots were taken with only two players, but the map looks beautiful when there are more, as the ship and spartans are firing their weapons across the cave. This map, Battleship, is best played with at least eight players, with the optimal number being around twelve. Because most of the trait zones failed, I was forced to add a separate gametype, "Battleship," to tweak the health, damage, and other traits as necessary, so make sure to download that with the map.

 

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