just my own personal view... more often than not Death Valley isn't as fun primarily for several reasons but the fact is that it just like some of the old maps... will make people flat leave the server or get disgruntled...
To often the map ends up being the US owning the front door of the russian side due to the openness(makes it hard to break out) and quite literally the same the russians will own the US side... i'm referring to A B F G points... people will just then camp, cause more often than not most people don't spawn foreward, they spawn back... hoping to get a chopper/jet and only go out with tanks if they have nothing to grab... it almost seems nothing but like a just simple nab grab and run run run for the AC130 with current vehicle imbalances ... its just not fun
maybe you agree with my views... maybe you don't... but thats my view so far of it