Exactly. We've had two maps now that show us large distances do not work. It always annoys me when I hear people asking for EVEN BIGGER distances or similar distances to that of 2.0 or 3.0. It's been tried. Aegis worked best, learn from the mistakes. Compact is good, and this map still has lots of land for people to build on if that's their concern.
Aegis... then Asulon, and now ANTHOS? WTF BLIZZ. THIS IS BLATANT A FAVOURITISM.
I kid, ofcourse.
Tyrion, Danny, Alec, and all the other devs. The future of LotC looks bright in your hands! Thanks for all the hard work and happy RPing. :)
http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/72057-ashaelias-asulon-applicant-submission/page__pid__585152#entry585152
I think that Application should be used as the example of a good one, it's outstanding.
There's no need for an official texture pack, let people see Asulon in the style they want to! :)
If you want a texture pack made by a member of the community, Respiren has a version of Doku called Wayward Druid (that's if it's still worked on or not xD).