There are some positive effects of the change in the creation system. Now you can play on maps that were earlier almost never to be seen, and some of these are very good. Magistral CTF, for example. I played 10-15 games in the last weeks on the map, and it is great (of course as a shaft, I find great & open maps more enjoyable than crumped & little), I think its greater than Noise, Boombox, Sandbox, and Rio. (Silence is quite OK, but how can one want to play Noise?) Also I played a lot on Solikamsk map, which is one of my favorites. When 10-10 players are in each of the teams in CTF mode, but in CP too, the battle can be very dynamic, more dynamic than Kungur or Serpuhov. The blue side of the map is like a great fort, with several routes, but there is even a tunnel-like way. Skylark can be found now much often then earlier, which is a good effect, for it is an exciting map (I am saying that as a shaft, of course, but I think all weapons can be useful there). There were some Siege, Chernobyl, Kolhoz, Molotov and Osa battles (the latter with only a few spots for shafts, but it was fun to search them - for example, on a blue hill). Pass reappeared also, but it is too little for my taste. I found the disappearance of create button at first depressing, but with the appearance of these formerly unused maps I think the effects can be seen as positive. Some boring maps are now rarely created by the EN3 server (thank God).
Negative effects: Earlier I played some great battles on maps like Berlin, Dusseldorf, and first of all, Lost Temple. These large maps have almost disappeared. I do not cry for maps like Garder, Gubakha, Gravity, Zone, Station (I never see these now), but it is sad Camp and Scope are nowhere. After all, there was a change for good. I think the game was after all improved by the changes.
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