What is your favourite EF map?

[IJoe]

I find it really disappointing to come to a conclusion (which I do), that default (vanilla) maps are so much better, than those, that come with the mod in terms of ballanced and entertaining game-play! 
So, I feel, I need your opinion: what EF map do you, people, really like over the vanilla ones, and why?

[Desert_Fox]

Kharkov ( 2 ): Funny, small and immediatly.
Non-stop-fight-area in the middle of the map.
Good to play with every faction.

Berlin ( 8 ): Fantastic!
Awesome atmosphere. I love fighting under the Brandeburg Gate.
Map for no-lagger players  .

[cephalos]

Kholm - great map, love to play on it.
Vien - again great map, but it's a bit too small.
Seelow Heights - as far I can see the best 3v3 map.

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

I would said Berlin but the Reichstag needs some fixes for example the stairs and the towers.

[SublimeSnugz]

Make a poll so we can vote IJoe 

My favorite EF map is -

[EF] Tannenberg: The map design and layout is awesome, its well balanced and fun to play. The mapper knew what he was doing here. I only wish the mapper who made this would do more maps 

[Blackbishop]

I like Tannenberg, Dom Pavlova and Cottbus.

[Dzierzan]

I like Tannerberg - it's cool map and very balanced, Leingrad - because i like bridges maps, but this map is to small for 6 players, better is for 1v1 or 2v2 IMO.

[BurroDiablo]

Tannenberg is by far the most popular. Its nothing special, but I think the fact it was made by a Reborn member (Whiteflash if memory serves me correctly) who played regular online matches means the map contains everything a good map should. Flanking opportunities, open spaces, a limited amount of strategic buildings, minimal chokepointage and decent resource layout.

I personally think that it may have been a mistake not having a dedicated mapping team on board and just leaving it up to the community. Not that the community is bad, it's just a dedicated mapping team could have made more PvP competitive maps like Tannenberg, or at least I would've hoped so.

[SublimeSnugz]

I personally think that it may have been a mistake not having a dedicated mapping team on board and just leaving it up to the community. Not that the community is bad, it's just a dedicated mapping team could have made more PvP competitive maps like Tannenberg, or at least I would've hoped so.

+1 But is it too late to change that? or is it impossible to remove maps that havent got a decent quality of design.
I think you should stay with whats good, improve whats worth improveing, and remove the useless stuff. Sorry for taking this abit OT

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

Some players like chokepoint f.e. the scheldt players. That's why I made Leningrad.

btw what's about the campagin maps? Is there a plan for releasing them after the campagin comes out?

[IJoe]

Some players like chokepoint f.e. the scheldt players. That's why I made Leningrad.

btw what's about the campagin maps? Is there a plan for releasing them after the campagin comes out?

That Leningrad map of yours is SEVERE 
However, it's doesn't suit well for what I would call a casual multiplayer or its' compstomp simulation, for, as you have already noted, it's a bridge map. Moreover, it's virtually a BRIDGE-map 

[pariah]

Leningrad is more bridge than map!

I think my 2 favorite Eastern Front maps are Leningrad and Tannenberg. However, St. Hilaire is still my #1 favorite map! Honestly, i think St. Hilaire is probably the best map i have played in any game.

[BurroDiablo]

I personally think that it may have been a mistake not having a dedicated mapping team on board and just leaving it up to the community. Not that the community is bad, it's just a dedicated mapping team could have made more PvP competitive maps like Tannenberg, or at least I would've hoped so.

+1 But is it too late to change that? or is it impossible to remove maps that havent got a decent quality of design.
I think you should stay with whats good, improve whats worth improveing, and remove the useless stuff. Sorry for taking this abit OT

Well, I tried to organise an official mapping team over a year ago in the 'Recruiting Mappers' thread but only a few showed interest and none of them bothered to make any maps. Apart from Walki who has made... half a map? (joking )
 
No, it's never too late, but lots of people just seem to want a shiny 'Developer' badge to seem important while doing pretty much fuck all.

@Walki, Yeah, the Campaign maps will be released to have pvp or compstomp battles on... so yeah, keep that in mind

[pariah]

But mappers get a "Mapper" badge, not "Developer"...

[BurroDiablo]

I was talking in general... not just laying into our mappers