Because there are a bunch of mappers in the community that are not in the dev team. F|H guys, WaW and others.
Perhaps set it up like a community contest. Set 4-6 weeks for time for the mappers to rework their map. Put all the maps into an easy installer, then plan a date to mass play them to find a favorite or two. Then those reworked ones could become Aberdeen_32, Aberdeen_16 if not just replace the current _64.
- Maps must be renamed operation_aberdeen_YOURNAME
- Mappers can do multiple submissions operation_aberdeen_YOURNAME_2
- Goal is light effort rework ( Light/No Terrain Changes, Light/No static changes, Change Flags, ObjectSpawners, Bleed, Etc)
- Post the maps by Date X
- Play testing event on Date Y
Bribe someone to put together an advert for it. And get enough people to play test the versions. Have them give their feedback and Lightning gets to announce the losers.
I can think of quite a few people that I know have the skill to do this and are not on the dev team (maybe not the time atm). Zeno, Tass, Taz, Kummitus, WasntmeNL, Lister, Behr, Elander. And those are just the F|H guys I know. I'm sure there are a slew in WaW and well. Also there are a bunch of individual guys that post their maps in the modding area that would have the skills to do it as well. If a mapper contributed, they would know that they layout would get played atleast and possibly become part of the mod.
I think it would be great if the community outside of the dev team put their ideas down, added a little bit of elbow grease and their input would result in FH2 becoming better.
We would need
- MS paint Monkeys to brainstorm ideas for different layouts (come on djinn)
- A few skilled mappers to lend a day or two of time
- A few graphics, A server for a day or two
- A news post to get more interest for mappers and play testers.
Let's turn a lemon into lemonade!