I think it's a generational thing to appreciate the old school, meet in the middle and furball, respecting each others field as the source of the fun, if left alone. I don't know how to get you back there. I see them more often later in the evening on smaller maps these days. Between 8pm and 10pm PST just after the peak numbers start to go to bed.
Large maps seem to be every kind of game player is looking for some action and the two fields that started out furballing, become the unlucky go to place for the late night. Like that after the party, party bar. On a large map that becomes the fun drain for the third country stuck with nothing to do but milk run.
Fester's new map has 3 uncapturable GV bases in the center. A sector away from the nearest airfield with a capturable airfield in the center of them. There are no GV spawns to them. A modification of that would be those capturable with 3 uncapturable airbases 3\4 of a sector away from them out removing the single airfield between them. Or place a mote between those airfields and the GV bases allowing PT\LVT4 battles with long overlapping spawns to get near each other. Late nights this would be all the bases needed for the low numbers hours. Milk running optional on the rest of the map.
It would be dumb and entertaining. But, a late night gathering place depending on the map with reliable home bases to keep re-upping from. A bomber could flatten one of the uncapterable GV bases while his squad mates storm it with tigerII and hold it down all night as it regenerates. You would get some jabo in that you could have wirbels waiting for. Dumb stuff that only happens on maps with a few fields really close together.
We have too much map room and distance from fights now for too few people. Who will hide from each other while they spend 10 minutes getting into the perfect perch to protect themselves. Stick'em closer together. Distance just gives them more time to have nightmares over getting clobbered by a random muppet. The HOers will spoil their fun long before a muppet scalps them.
