In the same way that the argument goes, there is little reason for fake maps when enough excitement can be gotten from real battle maps, I say, there is no reason for maps that have little bearing on the battles they represent, when arguably, the top ten most enjoyed maps (Maybe more), are ALL real to life. I think this should be a standard set by devs to slowly phase out the I-don't-know-how-on-earth-this-place-can-exist-on-this-planet-but-the-name-says-its-called-operation-AorB of the mod altogether.
FH1 got rid of its fatty edges, I think this could also be the case... say after map number 48, start redoing some of the wince-maps.