In Rise of Nations, I often played the random map "states in war". It is a long island surrounded by other small Islands. And I also like maps with plenty of Islands, or the desertic map in RoN (I don't remember its name....)
I have a question: When we rotate the camera, will the camera turn on the minimap or will the minimap rotate? Personally, I really prefer the second solution.
Hmmmm.... For the gameplay, I think it could be better if it takes more time (maybe just the time to create 60 units), because if it regrows too fast, destroying the forest was not useful at all for the enemy