A lie people cope with, mostly xenomains.
LV is least xeno-sided map of all, is simple to learn and follow without staring at wiki map.
Why new maps suck? Not because they are new, but because they are super big and complicated.
Mappers and benomains think big maps are the way to go because CM might reach 200 players, but the truth is that LV is big enough to hold even 300 players I would argue. Look at the WHORESAT history.
LV is considered a “small” map, but reach deep into your memory the last time you saw 100% of the map used during the highest of pop on a regular round? If xenos hive west caves, nobody but IO’s and some backliners ever bother to go sand temple. Jungle temple? Maybe a burrower will make a tunnel there. Cave lake? Maybe mad survs will suicide holding that spot.
Old WHORESAT is a prime shining example of what map not to make. Basically every single wrong decision condensed into one map. Barerly anybody likes it, even sweaty prime lurkers and warriors get lost there so now server tests reworked much smaller but still a WHORESAT, didn’t had a chance to play it on, yet.
I don’t want to read, or hear that cope anymore. LV isn’t the most chosen map, because it was first map of many players, or old, or some stupid shit like that.
LV is just objectively the best out of all. Then subjectively I think there is a tie between Kutjevo and Big Red. Look, Kutjevo, fairly new map so high. Do anybody thinks: “oh god, no Kutjevo”? No, its damn fine map.
And why is that? Because it has LV DNA.
Why old ICE was hated? Heavily xeno-sided. Why WHORESAT was hated? Heavily xeno-sided. Why the other maps are hated? Heavily xeno-sided.
Yeah, I’m biased in favour of marines, yeah, majority players play mostly marines.
LV gives something others don’t. Some call it “storming the beach 59’th time in a day”, but what other map that is not gigantic offers such open space? None.