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Upon further discussion, I discovered that most people tend to find M1 map editing a lot easier than M2 editing. It seems you have to have more of an inspiration to create your own sectors than to design a map quickly using tiles.
To preserve the quick fluid feeling of M1 into M2 (And M3) I think the map editor should have a tool similar to tiling in M1 (In addition to the sector tools that are already in M2). This tool simply would be a point and click sector placer. You drag your mouse cursor across the screen and small 16x16 sized sectors will be created along the grid, then the mapper can choose the textures he wants for the small tiles.
Of course, having a sector every 16x16 square would mean having a hundred thousand sectors on the screen at a time, causing the map to slow to a crawl, so maybe this tool could merge the sectors that are adjacent to each other. Or maybe a sector merge tool that the mapper would have to do manually to prevent the map from being too slow when played.
A tool similar to tiles in M1 can greatly increase mapping speed, since tiles require little imagination and are alot simpler and faster to work with. I have high expectations for M2 and M3 and since tiles tend to be in high demand, would make an excellent tool for aspiring mappers.
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