I have not been happier for new maps in quite a while. Let's start, shall we?
I'll save the best for last. This map is
pkmn_ecruteakcity_v1 and might I say is very good. Though it has music playing on it constantly (which I ask may be removed if possible), it has a fairly large place to fight and walk around in along with being day time so you don't have to see the night for so long *cough* goldenrodcity *cough. All the buildings are accessible, and the map maker has made a new mechanic which requires you to melee hit the stairs (like you see in Pokemon games) in order to go up to the new floors, which I find quite ingenious and awesome.
This map is what I've been saving my hopes for. It is an updated version of trade_minecraft_hans called
trade_minecraft_hans_v36. If you may have noticed, our current map is a21, which is way far behind what this one has to offer. Hans now is no longer an empty cube of possibility but instead a towering fortress with many places to roam around in. Everything got updated, including the spawns, which now offer 4 exits instead of 3, one of which leads to the newest addition to the lobby: a floating wood structure good for fighting. People will no longer have to live in fear of constantly getting sniped across each spawn, as the main sniper fighting area has been covered up and moved to the top. There's now a jump course added along with an improved Aether for you to do all your low-grav needs in the sky. The skybox is no longer a faint memory as there is a way to get to it now (and not by noclip). There is a secret hallway inside the lava in the Nether (so donors can go there now and not be disturbed by non-donors) and there's another area which looks very very interesting since it's not Minecraft related but I unfortunately couldn't find out how to get to it; a real shame. Also, there's a trade_plaza there.
Anyways, I really hope these can get added soon.