Simplistic maps – a blessing or a curse?

Looking at current map pools you often recognize braundorf and adlernest as part of them. But what makes them so popular for competitive gaming? There is an easy answer: they are fast and you don’t have to develop individual tactics. That’s why 2-weeks-clans are able to learn these maps as fast as they die again. In addition, these maps are often played by mixed teams, cause they are that easy to play.
Nonetheless they come with some major problems.