Burial Mounds
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| “ | This makeshift Heretic camp on Basis is littered with wreckage from the destruction of Installation 04. | ” |
Burial Mounds is a Halo 2 Multiplayer map established on Basis. After the destruction of Installation 04, Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction used it as a base.
Universe and lore[edit]
During the Battle of Installation 04, Alpha Halo was destroyed by John-117.[2] Following the ring's destruction, wreckage of the Forerunner installation would rain down on the moon of Basis. Chunks, varying in size from gigantic landscapes to small scraps of metal, of the installation are raining down on the surface of the moon Basis. Two huge chunks of twisted metal dominate the horizon already, and flaming fragments enter the atmosphere frequently.
Overview[edit]
The map is ideal for 4v4 and the most popular gametype is Team Snipers, though the map is also ideal for One Flag and Assault.
Layout[edit]
Burial Mounds Map.
Strategies[edit]
- The tunnel near the bridge (over the gully) is useful as a sniper cover spot. Since it also spawns the rocket launcher, it's a good place to camp with a sniper/BR and rocket launcher, so that you can destroy any threatening vehicles and take out the enemy from a distance. In sniper exclusive games, however, this strategy fails.
- The ribs are tremendously popular in sniper games- avoid them (or not, depending on your skill level) as often as possible. It's usually better to keep distance.
- The earth ramps that go up near the gully are sometimes used as a lockdown for team battles. They will simply sit in the tunnel, gully, and hills, and wait for enemies to get within battle rifle range. This is incredibly painful for the other team in most cases, as snipers will take up defensive positions in the rocky knolls near the ribs, and simply snipe anyone that breaches the 'fort'.
- The dark area near the ribs is a good sniper cover, as it's often ignored because of its lighting.
- Burial Mounds is a large map. However, there is plenty of cover in the generators, rocks near the ribs, the rocks near the gully, the gully itself, and the back path near the defensive base. Use this variety of cover to be unpredictable. If you're predictable, you will usually be killed.
Callouts[edit]
The Gully[edit]
The gully runs along a side of the map, with the offensive base at one end. Many boulders lie inside, making for many hiding/cover areas. A bridge spans the gully in the middle, and a rocket launcher has a default spawn on top of the bridge. Towards the back of the gully near the base, chunks of the Halo form a shadowed area where a beam rifle can be found. A Warthog spawns near the base.
The gully on Burial Mounds.
The Ribs[edit]
Metal walls form over this area to what would look like a rib section of the map. It provides good cover from the turrets of the defensive base.
The Cave[edit]
This cave along the back of the map has two entrances on the back wall. An Energy Sword can be found in the middle of the cave. The cave provides a good hideout from the other players, and also serves as a camping spot.
The Center[edit]
The center of this map is mostly bare, except for a pillar of burning metal. A Ghost is usually found at the base of this pillar.
The Defensive Base[edit]
This base has three walls and a bridge to the front of the map. There are two windows; one large window opens to the center, and the higher window overlooks the Gully. It has two Gun Turret placements on each window. A sniper rifle is at the back of the bridge.
The defending base.
Production notes[edit]
Burial Mounds is based on the now-cut campaign level referred to in development as "alphamoon". In early drafts of Halo 2's story, alphamoon would have taken place of what would later be revised into The Arbiter/The Oracle - featuring Thel 'Vadamee being deployed onto the surface of Basis to assault the Heretic camp on the moon, with the Heretic leader being holed up in the wreckage of Installat