Our view on map drop rates

I dunno how we're still on this, I've virtually given up on the game because of the map system and the very concept of access/customization of the end-game basically being a mechanical clone of gear.

I've been spewing the same stuff about map drop rates over and over again in HC chat and the last race, some other high level players already knew what you're supposed to look for in a map, but apparently people are now catching on.

The challenges and rewards on maps are basically completely out of whack. There are lvl 60 maps that I find a fair bit harder than doing a relatively easy lvl 65 or 66 map, but you get nothing for it and you don't get enough higher level maps.

Too many of the mods are simply annoying too, fairly broken mods have been allowed to remain unchanged (masked by easy resistances up until now).

Ultimately though, the biggest problem I have with the map system is the insistence that it should mimic gear.

Apart from what are seemingly restrictions on what combinations of mods you can roll on (particularly blue) maps, most of them have very little value and it is expensive rolling preferred mods.

I strongly believe that besides continued rebalancing of mods, larger and rescaled ranges for existing mods, more mods are needed for the different map rarities, additional mods and functions need to be introduced, some including player buffs but drop/xp penalties and the very idea of maps cloning gear systems forgotten.

As you may notice, I have some issues with this stuff.

(Edit: Forgot to mention the fun of playing maps regressing since introduction, mainly due to trying to rebalance map drop rate, that alone should speak volumes)