Shoreline too large?

[Ghost-Raccoon]

First of all: I like the map Shoreline. I like Resort, I like the area around the beach, I like the village, I like the power station, I like the area around the river.
BUT: The rest of the map just seems unnecessarily large. I don't even remember the last time I encountered anyone (Scav or PMC) in the middle parts of the eastern and western parts of the map. Especially when you are doing quests and have to run to the resort, find you quest location and run back: It just takes too much time without, imho, adding anything to the game or the map. All the other maps are large but compact in the right areas. You can easily run across Customs in a few minutes. Interchange is huge but most of it is the mall that has actual stuff. Shoreline is just so empty in the middle parts.

[Tireo]

I can't say I'm very experienced with Tarkov as I've joined only recenly... but looking from design perspective those zones do have their place:

They give a place to go for the less equipped / heavily damaged players - there is a lot less loot there so more equipped players do not bother to go there (loot still is there if you know what to look for ).

They give you options to move/sneak around the map while avoiding most of the action.

That being said extracting as PMC using "Road to Customs" extract can be a rather uneventful experience... but even then I check 4 hidden stashes on my route from resort area to that extract. One could even argue that walking those hilly plains can be exciting when you have fully stacked backpack and are afraid someone will snipe you - but that will depend on the player.

[icecreamshampoo]

Always gotta run to Customs road ALL the way across the map only to get killed by extract campers. I don't play shoreline because of that. The only good extract in shoreline for PMC is destroyed tunnel.

[Ghost-Raccoon]

vor 52 Minuten schrieb icecreamshampoo:

Always gotta run to Customs road ALL the way across the map only to get killed by extract campers. I don't play shoreline because of that. The only good extract in shoreline for PMC is destroyed tunnel.

I always come from north along the wall. Never met a soul there (except SCAVs)