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Forge Desert… The name gives a good enough description. An arid terrain, big and good for forging. But what about the map itself? What would it look like? What spots would it hold, what cool opportunities would it have that the old Forge World didn’t? Well, it’s a whole new terrain - new pieces, new locations, a new feel. People might be more justified to build ancient ruins with the crumbling stone pieces, or maybe they’ll feel like remaking a section of The Ark from Halo 3 for Invasion.
Let’s get started on the locations it’d hold. For starters, check out this overhead view that I cooked up a couple months back. You might have seen it in a thread that found the image too. Click here for a version of it without the red lines and titles.
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Plateau
A nice little plateau, overlooking the whole map. It has a couple cozy little paths winding up the cliffs, allowing on-foot access, maybe a bigger one for vehicles. The main attraction of the Plateau is that the base terrain is that of Standoff’s - the little bases would probably be rocky quarries cut out, leaving it up to you to put the pieces in. Some people loved the map, some despised it. Now, so the whole map isn’t a load of bland sand and rock, each area would have a slightly unique biome to it - how about a Western desert? I agree, western deserts are the most boring type - shrubs, on top of shrubs, with a little dust there… Oh boy. But it still fits Standoffs theme a little, even with the cliffside.
2.Highlands
A rocky terrain, a maze of gullies and sharp, thrusting stone pillars. The Highlands would have the base terrain of Burial Mounds. Some of the bigger pieces would be formed of wind-carved stone, such as the turret base. The rest would be up to you to place down, forging them of either rocks or ancient stone walls. The terrain would mostly look like this.
3.Dunes
Jesus Christ, more sand! Some gently rolling sand dunes make up this terrain. Nothing too exiting. A small sandy wind picks up now and then, blowing particles off of dunes for an appealing aesthetic effect. Pretty much looks like this, minus the sunbathing person in the corner. It’d be good for mysterious ruins that the players stumbled upon.
4.Ruins
Ruins. Sounds mysterious already! Nothing like some weird–Yoink- structures that serve no apparent purpose. Rolling dunes accompany a flat stone surface, which is eventually swallowed up by even more damn sand. It’s perfect for those arena-style maps, which Sandbox was perfect for - that’s right, this area is a Sandbox remake. Getting killed by a Warthog circling around in the dunes? Sounds like fun! The stone ground could also be replaced with a dry lake bed.
5.Mesa
Not much to say about this one. A bigger version of Forge World’s pillar, pretty much. Around the size of Foundation, although it is not the recommended setting to make it. The mesa would stand tall (more so than in the picture), overlooking the surrounding area.
6.Mountains
The mountainous area would turn the Highlands into an even more wild and rocky terrain, gravel and stone overtaking sand. It’d look like this if you viewed it from the desert - it’s more like some cliffs more than mountains, really.
7.Chasm
A massive, mysterious chasm goes way down into the earth. Spooky. This one’s pretty simple too - mix a sinkhole with a stripmine, and bam! You’ve got a cool looking, bottomless chasm. It’s sort of like a replacement Skybox from Sandbox! Wether you want a flying platform or a map teetering on the edge, you can do whatever you please.
8.Pass
The Mountains and Highlands twist together into a rocky hell that looks like this. The ground is uneven and rocky, and the rocks are steep and sharp.
9.Desert/Sandtrap
A desert. Looks like this. Sorta sandy, sorta filled with huge dunes. The dunes here are even more gentle than in the Dunes, and are far between - it’s flatter, but the ground is rolling and hilly. As you go towards the southeast corner of the map, it starts to slope downward, before suddenly degrading into Sandtrap’s iconic bowl shape, minus the huge ruins, for you to place later. Kick–Yoink- Frigate, not included.
Summary:-Sandy-Includes remakes of Standoff, Sandbox, Sandtrap, Burial Mounds
I’ll update later. If you’re wondering why the descriptions started getting crappy, I am le tired, which is why I’m stopping.
There’s already some followers at Bungie.net, you can see the threads here:
Support Thread (22 Pages, 525+ Comments)
Original Descriptive Thread (2 Pages, 30+ comments) - Made Yesterday
I’m thinking of making a fan base on B.Net to really count how many supporters it has.
