JohnEdwa wrote:I personally feel that the current map system spoils too much of the fun of exploration.
This! It's spoilertastic.
I'd like a map that doesn't give you any information you don't already have, and just "fills in" where you walk... Then "completing your map" would be something extra to do, rather than the map just making everything too simple.
I'd go further than you, JohnEdwa, and say the map nodes shouldn't even show you the outlines... Maybe they could just show e.g. "you've mapped 82% of this area" or something, and perhaps give you something when you reach 100% (maybe a nice history/description of the area, and a relevant little item?).