>>12913774I'm indifferent to the map size besides probably needing a few more squads, there's pros and cons to the points I made.
1. You can have extra time to end a fight but the drawback is retreating and circling around the ring is more dangerous because of the huge mountains it's more likely to encounter the third party that was running towards you.
2. Fights take longer to decide in my experience because a defending team will not give up a strong position unless the ring moves them, the large size of the map meant to lower the rate of third party is counterbalanced by really strong spots that take too long to crack. If a third party enters, the defenders are likely to just bail out and then possibly return for mop up.
3. WE and KC chokepoints aren't as large to move around so if you need to retreat and circle around, it's less of a risk especially in WE's tunnel areas leading to/near Countdown/Launch. I can't comment on Olympus because I'm a douchebag who enjoys fucking with phaserunner or rotating around the map even if it has single box/rock+wall cover issues.
Again I'm indifferent to the map size and find the notion of streamers saying "less third parties" silly because personal experience and viewing is showing that third parties occur at about the same rate with the difference of being hardstuck and forced to fight unless the team is in the godspot with a Valk or Ash to bail out. (Speaking of Ash and Valk, good luck flanking without Ash, there are some areas where even Gibby bubble-walking can't bail out of or push into stronger spots, I don't think Wraith ult is as effective either).
If you look at the map, theoretically third parties would be drastically lowered IF everyone was playing edge because those have the least options for getting from point A to B assuming majority of squads are on the edge. What happened is people play center or POI and then push outward to the edge of the ring which leads to 4-way barrio brawl or canyon corridor clownfiesta where new teams appear behind the old teams fighting in the middle.
That being said, the Prowlers are trash and I am not a big fan of shooting wildlife for loot because it's looting with extra steps and being stuck at the edge of the ring or navigating a chokepoint area instead of getting to POIs with loot and more defensible options.
