I had this same discussion about the pointlessness of the 'survivor' map packs (most of which are just oreless versions of existing RA2/YR maps) long ago. IMO their existence was a political one where the changes to the maps were done purely to justify the existence of the map packs, where there is no actual requirement for them by the game mode (i.e. the mode works exactly as advertised on any map without the map pack if the map filter is set to standard for the mode). Contrast to the Assault maps that DO require very specific coding and setup on the maps themselves for the assault game mode to work.
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