Wished Firaxis was reading this personal request

[Comrade Tribune]

I had actually hoped for smaller, tighter standard (medium) maps.

Disadvantages of large maps:

-Excessive micro-management
-No action in the ancient era (because of vast no man´s land)
-Downplay of the tactical aspect in warfare (mass armies grind down opponent WWI style; steamroller tactics will replace any subtlety)

[Wazell]

And if the largest possible map size is "at least 6x Civ2 maximum" then it must be 65536 squares. That makes it possible to create 256x256 maps! Which is good.