Time to follow up my highly controversial job ranking experiment with a maybe equally controversial opinion on CC maps! I think my opinions are pretty sane and normal but I've been told that everything I know is wrong. Anyway, let's get to it!

Palaistra
Absofruitly the best map, although I've heard some people hate it. Personally, I don't understand what there is to hate, unless you think map hazards are a cool and interesting part of the game. I'm more of a Final Destination no items kind of person, so Palaistra is definitely my favorite. The sightlines and spaces feel well-crafted, where both ranged and melee can find effective positions to fight from. The quintessential CC map.

Volcanic Heart
As a BRD main, it does pain me a bit to put this in second--but I must admit that once you learn where the sightlines are, this map isn't actually that horrible to play as a ranged job. The eruptions do give a lot of power to jobs with knockbacks (or Blota), and the damage boosting orbs enabling unreactable one-shots is a questionable design decision...but all in all, some of my best matches and overtimes have been on this map.

Cloud Nine
Cloud Nine is pretty...okay. Melee players are always complaining about how horrible it is for them, but I say they eat pretty good on Volcanic Heart and Clockwork Castletown, so the ranged players deserve a map tipped in their favor. That said, C9 does feel very swingy at times. A map that somehow manages to feel extremely stompable yet extremely throwable at the same time.

Clockwork Castletown
If I could emphasize how much I'd put this map in dead last, I would. The myriad map hazards and pop-up speech from Kageyama make for a cluttered and unfocused experience, while the random coin drops shift the LB economy unpredictably. And if your team doesn't agree on which door to (not) take in the opening? Good luck. On top of all this, the structure feels more claustrophobic than even Volcanic Heart, with too many flank angles to keep track of. Like C9, the Castletown also feels eminently stompable yet throwable. It's rare that I feel like I've had a good and fair contest on this map.

What are your favorite maps? How would you rack n stack em? GIANT DISCLAIMER IN BOLD BEFORE ANYONE GETS THE WRONG IDEA: these are just my opinions and you are entitled to your own. Okay with that out of the way, civil discussion machine go!