Well, I like when you can create a strong defense at a choke point and then take out the enemy defense with artillery and such things 
But I mostly thought the water was bad because it doesn't really fit into the map to have a bridge and crossable water at the same place
It happens in life all the time
Plus, as was already mentioned, it leads to unneeded stagnation in multiplayer gameplay. I think, this topic has sputtered itself out, and thus, probably, needs to be locked by the author, or by the moderator.
