Size does matter!

[Bergy]

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

Putting large dead areas between bases is a terrible idea. They'll just go unused. Make the map bigger? Fine. But don't empty it out. Besides, the last 100 years has shown us that Fighting jn an arbitrary field just doesn't settle anything.

Besides, with the wealth of ways to quickly move in this game, a battle out in the open away from a base probably won't happen often.

So the battle of Seelow and Kursk did not settle anything? Two of the largest battles in history taking place in the Eastern European Plains that led to the ultimate downfall of the German army in WW2. Nope, nothing comes out of battles not set in a base. With that said, I don't have the beta, but I wish that there were more skirmishes outside of bases as most of the gameplay I've seen had none.