I have been playing the Pacific quite a lot but I still won’t be able to tell you the difference between Tanaru River and Crocodile Creek maps, just like any other map - they look the same, they feel the same, they essentially are the same, simply different areas of the same big map.
The feeling of novelty and variety is very important.
When we play Moscow, we see villages, towns, monasteries, quarries and working settlements. They are all (mostly) distinct and look different (even down to time of the year, like in the forestry).
I know Moscow probably had much more development time and care, and I appreciate that (as I personally value Moscow over the Pacific), but despite being geographically smaller than the whole Pacific ocean, it has more map variety.
I truly hope the Pacific doesn’t suffer the faith of Stalingrad (where all maps = 5 nearby buildings and 2 crossroads) and we see completely new maps added, but honestly I am sceptical.
What I expected to see in the Pacific before it launched:
Iwo Jima
Jungle map (Solomon Islands, something like we have now)
Island hopping map (with a lot of marine vehicles)
Higgins boat/LVT action Invasion type of map
Different weather variants, storms, etc
I know I quote a lot of BFV, and that’s a whole different budget, but just as reference for variety concept.
In Enlisted, I feel like I’m always playing this map
And I don’t even know what’s it called when I play it.