Anyone else ever play that old map on Unreal Tournament back in the day? The description of the new map reminds me of that one.
Forge Of Empires (Formerly Known As Sidekicks)
Armada Locusts no longer attrition while moving between planets.
Armada Empire can build mines on hostile planets, not just AI-owned planets. This allows marauders or other factions that clear out the AI to no longer be such hard counters to the Armada.
Add a new map type that's essentially "two large cluster with one connection between them".