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| {{Multiplayer map infobox | | {{New Content}} |
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| |name=Longbow | | |name=Longbow |
| |image= [[File:H4-E3-Multiplayer-2.jpg|350px]] | | |image= [[File:H4-E3-Multiplayer-2.jpg|350px]] |
| |game=''[[Halo 4]]'' | | |game=''[[Halo 4]]'' |
| |devname=<code>ca_gore_valley</code>
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| |map=War Games Map_Set/: 951-3{{Ref/Book|Id=VIS|H4EVG|Page=209}}
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| |location= [[Longbow Station]], [[Concord]] | | |location= [[Longbow Station]], [[Concord]] |
| |terrain= Arctic landscape, isolated human buildings | | |weapons= |
| |playernumber=6-16 | | |vehicles= |
| |gametypes=*[[Capture the Flag]] | | |equipment= |
| *[[Dominion]]
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| *[[King of the Hill]]
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| *[[Big Team Slayer]]
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| }} | | }} |
| {{Article quote|The frigid climate and unique gravitational conditions of Concord’s northern polar region provide an optimal perch for Longbow Station’s channel-based mass drivers. Before the Covenant War, the UEG launched deep space monitoring relays from here in an effort to study far-flung star systems.}}
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| '''Longbow''' is a symmetrical ''[[Halo 4]]'' [[multiplayer]] map.
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| ==Universe and lore==
| | {{Article Quote|The frigid climate and unique gravitational conditions of Concord’s northern polar region provide an optimal perch for Longbow Station’s channel-based mass drivers. Before the Covenant War, the UEG launched deep space monitoring relays from here in an effort to study far-flung star systems.}} |
| {{Main|Concord}} | |
| Longbow's setting is a [[human]] [[mass driver]] station, located in the northern polar region of [[Concord]].{{Ref/Site|Id=HaloBulletin|URL=https://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/06/28/The-Halo-Bulletin-62812.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 6.28.12|D=24|M=8|Y=2012}} | |
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| ==Overview==
| | '''Longbow''' is a ''[[Halo 4]]'' multiplayer map. |
| ===Layout===
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| It is a symmetrical map with a five-base layout (two starting bases at the ends of the map, two secondary bases directly in front of the starting bases, and a middle base overlooking nearly the whole map in the center) with paths leading between them through and around rocks. It offers a good mix of both close and long range combat, with long sight lines between the bases and cramped areas in the caves and inside the bases themselves.
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| File:HMCC H4 Longbow Map.png|Longbow Map.
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| File:Longbow Overhead.jpg|Overhead view of the map.
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| ===Callouts===
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| The following are locations on the map that were named in the ''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide]]'':
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| *'''Blue Base'''
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| *'''Blue Sneak'''
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| *'''Blue Coast'''
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| *'''Blue Garage'''
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| *'''Blue Bridge'''
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| *'''Blue Street'''
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| *'''Blue Lift'''
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| *'''Blue Caves'''
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| *'''Facility'''
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| *'''Trails'''
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| *'''Caverns'''
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| *'''Arch'''
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| *'''Red Base'''
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| *'''Red Sneak'''
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| *'''Red Coast'''
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| *'''Red Garage'''
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| *'''Red Bridge'''
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| *'''Red Street'''
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| *'''Red Lift'''
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| *'''Red Caves'''
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| ==Production notes== | | ==Description== |
| During the development of Longbow, it was named Gore Valley. This name would remain in use as the level's file name.
| | Longbow's setting is a [[human]] mass driver station, located in the northern polar region of [[Concord]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!halo-evolved/maps-missions/a3a452a8-f02a-4b1c-9e46-b3a33ba26778 '''Halo 4 Official Site:''' ''MAPS + MISSIONS'']</ref> |
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| 343i considered making the map with a big Arecibo-type telescope into a valley. It had also been experimented with extreme amounts of fire, and ice on opposite sides of the map.{{Ref/Reuse|HaloBulletin}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *The mass drivers fire once every minute.
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| *Longbow, along with [[Haven]], was made by [[343 Industries]] rather than [[Certain Affinity]].
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| *Longbow was the inspiration for the ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' multiplayer map [[Recurve]].
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
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| ===Development images===
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| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:H4 SnowStation Concept.jpg|Early concept exploration for Longbow.
| | File:H4-E3-Multiplayer-1.jpg |
| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_MassDriverTower_1.jpg|Early concept art of the mass driver.
| | File:H4-E3-Multiplayer-3.jpg |
| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_MassDriverTower_2.jpg|More early concept or the mass driver tower.
| | File:Longbow 1.jpg |
| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_CargoLaunchPods.jpg|Concept sketches of the cargo pods that would be fired from the mass driver.
| | File:Longbow 2.jpg |
| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_Bridge.jpg|Early concept exploration of the map's artstyle, featuring a much different design for the mass driver.
| | File:Longbow 3.jpg |
| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_Cannon.jpg|Another early concept, in which the mass driver looked more like a cannon.
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| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_Centre.jpg|Concept art approaching the final layout of the map.
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| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_Trees.jpg|Concept art for plant life on the map. Plants had to resemble pine trees and block player line of sight, but allow bullets to pass through unhindered.
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| File:H4 Concept LongbowFacility.jpg|Concept sketch of the central facility.
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| File:H4_Longbow_Concept.jpg|Another concept sketch of the central facility.
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| File:H4 Concept LongbowBaseEntrance.jpg|Concept art of a building entrance on Longbow.
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| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_Layout.jpg|Concept blockout for the map's layout.
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| File:H4_Longbow_Concept_GoreValley.jpg|During early blockout stages, the map was nicknamed "Gore Valley."
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| </gallery>
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| ===Screenshots===
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| File:H4-MP-Longbow-MAC-01.jpg|The mass driver cannon firing.
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| File:H4-MP-Longbow-MAC-02.jpg|The other end of the mass driver cannon.
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| File:H4-E3-Multiplayer-1.jpg|The circular building hub of the mass driver cannon. | |
| File:H4-E3-Multiplayer-3.jpg|Another view of the mass driver cannon. | |
| File:H4-Longbow 1.jpg|The curving section of the mass driver cannon. | |
| File:H4-Longbow 2.jpg|A view of the central structure. | |
| File:H4-Longbow 3.jpg|A view of the middle base along the coastline.. | |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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