Since we don’t want to pay for a new map (not dungeon, but MAP) what if they just didn’t do it as an expansion. Package it, call it CE 2, and then double the price because now it is a “new” game. There, now they didn’t break their “promise”.
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Being this is the first time I have had a private server for ps4 I have a question. Would It be a either or situation for the maps on my server. I am guessing I would have to make changes on gportal site?
I will gladly Pay for large, detailed map in wich water play significant role. Places like Dagon Temple should be integrated into main map, i want water creatures and more diversity of underwater fauna/flora.
They can’t fix thralls, optimization, yada yada…but can make a new map?
Why is that? Money it is? Nice.
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ah sorry. I should not feed the trolls. have a nice day
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Ah yes, the laziest way to seem superior while not giving any useful answer
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I’m not seeing the follow-through in thought from the map detractors.
The most likely option is an alternate map, not an extension of the current map.
Many game assets, particularly “found” feats, voice assets, dungeons, and boss types, are expensive to make. It will be much more likely that they will just shuffle around where things are rather than making all-new assets.
That seems pretty darn cosmetic to me.
Yes, they’ve gained experience working with the map so it will be less buggy and maybe a bit bigger. I don’t see a reason to slap them for not replicating functional bugs.
If they did more than this bare minimum, I think it would be awesome and worth my money, but the arguments seem to be “let’s hold them to an old noble promise even if we have to cut off our own leg to do it.”
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@Abomineer my hope is that a new separate map will have the biggest bugs removed something that perhaps can’t be done on the current map. I would pay for that if necessary current map is getting old. 
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i agree with this I personally think maps should be free but ill buy the hell out of cosmetic stuff like tattoos and hair I love that stuff but the player base on this game is not large enough for 2 maps it would fracture the player base and makle more servers dead.
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The probable fact that sales of the base game have slowed to a trickle is actually exactly why a new map should be included in the base game content. This will bring in NEW players, which are the lifeblood of most games AND encourage former players to come back and, if they like the new content enough, will probably encourage them to pick up some of the cosmetic DLCs.
And yes, fixing the long established problems with the game…like the many issues surrounding thralls, would also go a long way towards making both new and old players dive back in.
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Needless to say I agree with your post, but for the record, I have yet to see anyone show me evidence for this often-mentioned “promise”. The lack of evidence so far leads me to assume that there never was any such promise (though as always, people are encouraged to prove me wrong).
I know there were promises (especially regarding features cut during Early Access never being introduced as paid DLC), but that’s a separate thing.
Funy …every one asking extention of map but wanted for free …do they work for free in their life ? lot of player dont spent money in DLC like a lot of does pur PVP player that use all posible bugs of the game to destroy your 6 month base…
Plus if we dont pay were is the interess of Funcom ? sorry i prefer to pay for extra map and that they do it , then not pay and not have it (that is what will happen if you continue asking extra map for free).
Or maybe make it for free to does that have more then 5-6 DLC already paid 
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How much do we really know? I mean hard cold facts, not youtube-speculations. I dont get why everyone is discussing the price of something none of us here has ever seen. If it is huge and comes with great content, I wont mind paying for it. If its ridicilously small and dosent add anything actually new, I will definateliy mind. Patience…
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A new map is, like others have stated, a rather large undertaking. Quite another scale than DLCs
I’d rather pay for it than not have it all
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I love the work of the “firespark” it is really amazing, but this time I do not agree with it, I believe we have to wait to know how much funcom will provide us on the new map, if it is really worth paying for ?, I hope so !, everything will depend on how much funcom is committed to really improving the game, this will define my vision about the new map being a slot machine or a way for the game to receive sponsorship to grow and stay current throughout the years .
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IMPORTANT NOTE: I believe that like everyone else, I support the new map as long as it is an expansion to my current game, and that I can freely go back and forth to my game, my base … on the original map, I don’t I would be attracted to start a new game, or to play 2 different games, because there is something called “base decay” no one has time to play separately on 2 maps, I visualize it a lot as in ARK where I transit with my character for all the maps as I have all the DLCs purchased.
Reusing engine and assets and making new map and calling it CE-II is so much worse… were talking fo76 lows here… And charging 60$ for it.
If new Map is new start point, new tweaks to map. I’m willing pay for it. People get worried about this whole split community thing.
People not playing simply cause of lack of content is more issue then that. New content bring people back. If its its own Map, Its fine. Its worked countless times for other games. No company has shutdown or gave up on idea.
I kinda hope the map is cross-from Ark’s “the Island” and “Scorched earth” One adds new weathers and issues, lack of water and certain resources while keeping base game content there, it adds new content to unlock and use on new map.
I know people always throw in the p2w crap since some of content can be dragged over to island. Wind turbine works only 10% of time… what ever advantage it wasn’t game breaking.
Armor require parts not found on island… and Funcom has been decent with armors. (in fact they toss in alot of choices…thou hot/cold could use touch ups or tools)
Think think think… is what alot people do, and this type of content works. DLC didnt kill darksouls… time does that. I never had issues getting summons when I didnt own map, other peopel didnt ether.
Anyone who doesnt own IB for MHW, isnt crying about not finding peeps. Its not issue (do to dlc) Its new lobby system which keeps most open lobbies to 3-6 peeps instead of 15-16. IB didnt ruin the game.
Destiny 1 and 2, didnt die off cause of new areas. ESO didnt. NFS Most wanted didnt die off when they release another section.
Ark didnt die when new maps come out. (thou, they took several fan mods and brought them to full game, along with there paid content, and free maps)
I understand we live in this “free, free…free-free, free free…free…? free!” world…
/shrugs
free content tends to be dinky, small, short…and done in day or 2. if your lucky a week.
paid, (actaully content…not 2.99 things) tend last alot longer.
I want more meat on bone, not a side dish. And more meat cost extra.
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#1 I hope its expensive
2# Monthly fee with GM.
Did i tell you about the first time I met the Gm’s in Hero Online, man that was amazing, but that’s for another day…
If the new paid map will bring only new areas and everything will stay the same, Funcom will lose ppl anyway.
Just the new map cant save us.
I think that we deeply need new maps, otherwise this game will die. As said by some others, developing a new map is a huge work and cost huge money. so personnaly i think this is normal to pay for it if a new map extension comes. i see no interest to pay for dlc who add armor after armor & placable ( i do not play rp, but pvp server). I see a huge interest to pay for a new map as this is the future of this game. this game starts by EXPLORING.
important point is to keep it as an extension, allowing to connect map a to b even if loading needed to swap from map to map.