....and the huge size doesen't make it better.
Here's the problem: To fill the maps with content we have to unlock towers + find Tablets.
Due to the size of the maps we would need all 4 Tablet slots filled so at least half of the map offers content.
And till we get to this point that we can fill towers with 4 Tablets and create content in such huge maps we spend surely 20+ hours in prety much empty maps playing walking simulator only to kill all the rares who mostly drop....Nothing. ^^
Plus you don't want to waste any Tablets early on because they're prety expensive and you want to rather keep them for late endgame for certain farming stratiegies.
Ofc there's a Strongbox and maybe a Rogue Exile here and there but with such huge maps like in POE2 the map still feels very empty and makes it very boring to run.
POE1 did a way better job here....Maybe we didn't have more activities but the maps were way smaller, so we always had something interesting on our way.
Heres a picture of a good example what I mean....Prety much all maps look simular and I know that for many hours I have to run such maps with empty content and only hunting for the yellow skulls on the map.