I wouldn't take too seriously the feedback from hslan. I've played there and it is a tradition to hate this map and do everything to take it out of the map cycle. Half the players leave, mostly run-and-gunners "vets" who want to have their own map cycle, and the rest are barely fighting.
No offense to the hslan team and some good players down there...
About the changes in 2.3 : The new tanks are good, but I prefer the way flags were set before. Both teams had a chance to cap some flags from the start without too much losses, and as there was no push some real strategy was possible...