Should FL Change Map?

[Grape]

The text below is from my post in Ghostkillers 'AggressiveRP talk' thread. Yes, there has been a discussion recently about v2d being a possible map to switch to. However, the discussion, in my opinion, was dealt with incorrectly and only argued about v2d. I'd like people to discuss the pros and cons of most maps we could switch to. Please keep any flaming or 'posting to increase post count' out of this discussion as it serves no purpose and puts this topic in a bad light.

A map the server uses plays a very important role in offering the most amount of roleplay available, whilst being as stable as possible and being interesting enough to keep the player base large and active. And although the map FL currently uses (V5P) allows for a variety of interesting roleplays to take place, one can not argue the fact that it is incredibly unstable and offers nothing other than low fps and in some cases, Garry's Mod crashes. Therefore, the map must be switched again to another that offers good server stability, roleplay opportunities, and an interesting nature. The first map that will enter peoples minds will be v2d, and I couldn't argue against that. V2d offers everything mentioned above, which will be great for FL and its community. However, you cannot argue that the map is outdated with low textures, has an ugly colour palette and also has a terrible skybox. With all of this in mind, someone may be able to create a more up-to-date version of v2d with a higher texture resolution, colour palette, and skybox to keep up-to-date with today's maps, yet create a nostalgic and playable server with many roleplay opportunities. Map choice is a very debatable topic and has shown to create very large discussions, however we must discuss and argue more about FL's map choice, not just for our sake, but for the future players and FL itself.