Well, there's some fairly strange things though. It honestly feels like a rush-job.

Middle La Noscea for instance has rivers flowing through it, you can use the bridge or go through the rivers to the other side. nothing the matter, and you get a large playfield that way.

North Shroud on the other hand. There's rivers flowing through there too, not even deep ones, but no, you have to use the bridge even though you could have easily crossed through the water. Essentially cutting off large parts of the map turning them into funnels.

I had absolutely zero problems with 1.0's map. So what if they copy'd a lot of things, unless you were up close and you were really looking for it, you never would have noticed.
(And people say that like it's some great sin, there's not a game or MMO around that doesnt re-use pieces of land or models in it)

I much prefer 1.0's maps over the whole roads with a few meters of land on each side that we have now. I certainly never noticed any of the stuff being copy'd, and unless someone specifically pointed it out to you, nor did you.

The only people who complained about that were people who didnt enjoy the game and were looking for something to blame. Where-as the original combat system that people found terrible and demanded to be changed (Twice!) because they kept having to press 1-2-3 is in general terms equal to the one we have now that people absolutely love. So i dont understand people anymore.