I dont understand the point of this map...

Who ever captures and holds the middle for even a moderate amount of time should technically win in a balanced match. Who ever captures and holds the middle gets these benefits:

A. they unlock the rest of the map for only themselves, so

B. they only have to defend a moderate choke point so

C. they have the upper hand in res just from the middle (nevermind the edges)

D. its pointless for the 2nd player to even capture the edges since they will gain no res, so at most, they can reduce income of their opponent to an amount that will still be greater than their own

it basically entitles the stronger player and weakens the weaker player. this is balance? please either remove this map from the ranked map cycle or add node paths from the edges to the home bases. Thanks

I dont like winning on it and i dont like losing on it. Neither is satisfying..