It feels like the majority of the server is happy with the new map. From my point of view, the mapping is really good, and I have no complaints about the esthetics. But, with all respects for the hard work some people made, I don't think it's suitable for this gamemode, and definitely not fun to play.
The map is linear. The archipelago forms an arch, so there is only
one direction you can drive. Imagine being a terrorist and having to drive through the same four islands every time you die? Sounds humdrum. All the other classes spawn on the eastern half of the map, so that's when the action is going to take place most of the time.
This wouldn't be that bad if there were fast vehicles to reach the action in a reasonable time, but for some reason only slow (very slow) vehicles have been placed. These vehicles can barely cross the two sand - palm trees islands in the middle.
Another alternative could be using a boat, but there aren't enough of them and the vast majority (Tropics and Marquis) get stuck under bridges.
Imagine the president camping on top of the mount. It would be a painfully long and monotonous drive for terrorists to hunt him. Also, 1500 hp for boats is not that much, M4 (only available for the protection team) has a pretty long range and the boats chosen are ULTRA slow. It's not easy at all to reach an island by boat before it gets destroyed if the protecting team is decent and large. Personally, I'm not going to bother hunting the president on this map unless it's very straightforward. Too easy for one side, too hard for the other.
On top of that, the mini-map and /intel don't work, which only makes it harder to track down and kill the president.
It's a great map for clanwars, though. It's extremely easy to block terrorists or police way out of spawn by camping on a bridge.
I like city maps, where mobility isn't an issue and action is the only concern. It looks like this map was designed with the opposite idea: try to make mobility as difficult as possible so people can't get in action in a long long time. And I don't think getting stuck in the sand with a Faggio is the experience anyone is looking for