Quote Originally Posted by Dreadz View Post
Volcanic Hearts currently is the most balanced map. It has lots of corners for melee to play around, the crystal doesn't move across long, empty sightlines and you can get behind the enemy team without completely exposing yourself. Newer maps need to be tiny bit smaller with more obstructions/corners so ranged jobs have to actually position themselves instead of having free sightlines with easy escapes. As for gimmicks, all of them currently favour ranged jobs, but I have no idea how you could even make gimmick that impedes both melee and ranged or even just ranged for that matter.
After having played again tonight, I honestly really agree with the outlook on maps. Palastria and Cloud Nine let ranged players go braindead and rewards them for it. Being melee and having to push on that map is miserable because you're forced to always take damage.

No idea about gimmicks, though. Maybe just add a bomb that drops on a BLM's head and kills them? :P