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Originally Posted by csThor
Pardon the frank speech but what is the point of creating a flight sim that strives for accuracy and detail and then curtail it with a bunch of ahistorical postage stamp maps? Ilya - are you really thinking all of us here are attention-challenged gangbangers who have no idea about historical details and tactics? 
From what I've seen now we have one large Channel Map and a bunch of fantasy somethings ... and for my interests only the large Channel Map is useful. IMO we do have enough fantasy postage stamps - if you are going to create smaller maps then do them 1:1 scale, with all airfields, ports and whatever else was there and give the players with an acute interest in history something to play with. Take Franky's suggestions (although these are already a bit too small for me). My 0,02 € ... |
The large full sized map is there. Luthier saw that people didn't particularly like the small maps for a variety of reasons and was asking for some that would be more appropriate for FFA or quick missions. You can still use the large map for your historically accurate MP play, and if you want to only utilize a smaller section of it you only allow the airfields you intend to use to be selectable by players.
Again the Full 1:1 map is there, and you can use any part of it you want. Here he is specifically addressing the small quick mission maps that many people didn't like, and he is asking for suggestions.
He also has stated if you can come up with some small historical maps that would be appropriate for the current set of aircraft they would be willing to create those maps, but they wouldn't be super detailed as that takes a great deal of time. I'm not a "gangbanger" that doesn't care about history, but sometimes I want to just be online and play for an hour or less, and the full map just is not conducive to that. The small maps are for people with limited time, attention, endurance, or beginners.
Personally I am glad to see the team wanting to create a variety of small maps that take that into consideration while at the same time having the full map available for when I have the time and patience to fly for several hours and can do a long haul campaign. Both sides can coexist and both sides can have maps that suit their needs, tastes, or circumstances.