They actually nerfed Eyrie by nerfing the mainbuilding window and making all tiles a bit smaller so it is more a play around for both sides instead of a safe pallet for survivors. Overall, the map feels much better.

But they just added a boring Shack based map on top of it. I don't understand why they did this and wish they would remove it and never comeback with the idea. FNAF alongside the big new playerbase is right around the corner and I am really afraid that many players will just leave once they see the unnecessary amount of things they have to learn. Yes, unnecessary because we already have enough maps at the moment and I rather wish the developers would focus on fixing the extreme unbalanced maps instead of adding new maps to the game. Garden Of Joy is still an awful map and instead of spending time for a new Eyrie map, they could have spend the time in fixing the GoJ mainbuilding or looking at a map with unreliable pallet spawns like Haddonfield and fix this. Or spend the time in fixing the brightness of the map and making footsteps sounds better to hear.

That would've been preferable. Nobody likes playing on that map as killer. It's why survivors always put up offerings for it. So instead of nerfing it, which it's already been downsized btw (that's how ridiculous it is), they just add another variant which will probably feature just as bad tile design.

I'm for maps of the same realm that are actually different. Like some of you may not know this, but Garden of Joy is in the same realm as Unknown's theater map. You'd never know it unless you read it, or saw that the map offering brings you to both. I'm fine with stuff like the Coldwind variants, where there's a different main building and other characteristics for each iteration. But I prefer more varied looking maps.

I will write my feedback to the new maps in the PTB Feedback forum when I revisit the map tomorrow, but I guess the main issue is this is a PTB and we need to wait how the new Eyrie plays on the live servers. Everyone is also more hyped for the new killer and is testing him more than Eyrie/the focus is on him and how he can slide.

From my PTB view, the biggest issue is how strong the mainbuilding becomes with Balance Landing - yes before it was also good but now it is much easier. The other window that is still the same, is still problematic since survivors can make good distance on it. I also don't like the fact that killers have to break the walls to make it easier. In my opinion, the mainbuilding is still strong and not balanced. Then - but this is a general opinion -, the shack window should always face the edge of the map to avoid unhealthy connections (Garden of Joy and Ormond Lake Mine Shacks have this and it makes everything healthy). But I like the fact that the developers added a new rock tile with lockers, which is nice, however, the map needs more lockers as it would help both sides. Lastly, of cause the brightness is still an issue. The new shack map also have their own issue but more for survivors, however, still not okay.

I highly doubt that the shack version is their way to balance the game (one map better for survivors and the other better for killers). According to leakers, in the PTB gamefiles are information for a shack version of Toba Landing and Saloon. In my opinion, both maps are the most balanced ones in the game while still having a unique design - of cause they have some issues but not as big or many like Eyrie, Badham, or Haddonfield.

I really would like to know why they add shack versions of some maps because I don't see the point in it.

I always wonder why there are 5 different kindergarten patterns, 2 different ormonds, etc.

I don't play enough to know all the structures of the maps, so every time I do a ritual on the target map, the structure is different and confusing.

Frankly, there are too many maps to even try to remember the structure of the maps.