I agree - Thank you 343 for removing two great maps and limiting the variety players have with their map choices. Not to mention removing two maps that actually promote DMR usage.
And everyone on here that commented on the atrociousness of spawn killing on Asylum - that BS is going to make me stop playing this game entirely. Every other map is Asylum, and it is nothing but sitting in the opposing teams spawn. Where is the talent in that? Where is the enjoyment when I can not take a step before I am being assasinated or dealing with two different enemies firing an entire clip four feet from me.
What 343 SHOULD have done was fix the spawn parameters on these maps. It is rediculous when I spawn next to an ally who is in a firefight with 3 members of the opposing team, or when I spawn 3 feet from an enemy. I do not recall those issues with Halo 2 or 3, especially on Swat maps. Shame on Bungie for being lazy with their multiplayer code and allowing this BS in the first place, but also shame on 343 for removing map options instead of fixing the real problem.