+ this ..but fix the games bugs before you move on to xpacs and dlcs please. oh can we call it a new years update..since some people not mark xmas on their caladar

Also this +1, very much so. Premade maps might possibly be good, but I live for the sandbox.

BTW: New year also is different in different cultures, so let's call it an update when the earth surrounded the sun 1.5/12 from today on approximately?

I'll just give a big "ditto" to what most others have said.  I don't care about static maps at all.  More content, please!  Monsters, champions, options for factions and sovereigns, quests, etc. etc.  I'll most likely buy whatever dlcs and expansions you release as a sign of support for the franchise, as I love this game more than any other game that has come out in the past ten years.  I'm anxious to see how the game develops.

If the map dlc includes new content that can appear on random maps, that would be cool.  

At the moment, I'm actually most excited about the upcoming Goetia mod, as it'll add a pile of new content!  

I'd purchase the DLC map pack even though I don't think it's that great of a deal (seems a little too expensive for that); I do play the hand-crafted maps and enjoy them, but even more I'd like to support you guys at Stardock.

For the expansion, my personal wishlist includes in big bold letters multiple maps in a single game. You know, something like Master of Magic where it had the 'normal' world and the 'other' plane of existence. You could use it for something like that, or an 'overworld' and an 'underdark', or even have full dungeons that you can actually move around in and explore with your champion/etc. The other thing I'd like would be new factions with new character models - things like actual little-person dwarves or whatever would be cool. Oh, and obviously an expanded tech tree and whatever other new features you can shove in there;)

Don't think I'd shell $5 for map packs.  There are a lot of other things, mostly already mentioned here that I'd shell $5 for. More monsters and quests would be great - the monsters in the game get repetitive and after several play throughs, you eventually hit all the quests.

Paradoxically, I'd probably also shell out $5 if it meant that the Cartographer's table was a lot more user-friendly.

5 dollars for a map pack ... maybe throw in something else? (if sticking with 5 dollars)

Don't think I'd pay $5 just for a map pack, but I would pay $5 for a map designer - given how cramped the default maps are, I'd really like to add some that give you room to maneuver (and don't let Umberdroths hit you on turn 0).

I too lend my voice to the chorus of people saying that a map pack would be pretty meh for me, but I would almost certainly buy a DLC that expanded the selection of monsters, wildlands, quests, etc, or added factions, or things like that.

You do realise that the game already has a map designer. It's in the workshop area under cartographer...

I support DLC but $5 for a map pack in a game with a random generator and a map editor sounds expensive. Throw in a scenario and I would be all for that though!

No, we can't.  Christmas is a date on the calendar, whether you celebrate it or not.  You know that "pre-Christmas release date" means December 25th.  Why should other people have to change how they look at the calendar to please you?  

I imagine, and this is purely supposition on my part, that the people building the map pack are 1) doing it in their spare time because they enjoy it or 2) have less to do with the day to day bug squashing.  I could be wrong, but I doubt it.  

Personally, I'm potentially interested in the map packs.  The random map generator is a bit crazy, so I appreciate more realistic maps (based on the Elemental continent).  Like all DLC, it's worth is determined by what's in it.  I've never understood why people get so upset over DLC.  If you think the content is worth the price, go nuts.  If you don't, skip it.  Simple.  

For f*ck sake, you really want people to dislike you don't you? 'Look at me, I'm a muslim, I don't celebrate christmas, please don't mention it around me'. Even if you don't celebrate it, I doubt that there is anyone in the western world who doen't know when it is.

And no, you can't call it a new years update, because it's not the same. A christmas update is usually released just before christmas, when a lot of people have some time off, and might have some time to play the game. A new years update is usually released just after new year, when most people go back to work and have less time to play.

I remember a Stardock where they would have said, "Hey, we made some maps.  Here you go."

Adding my voice to the chorus.

Happy with the idea of DLC for FE just not interested in a map pack.

Given all of the posts above if you do go ahead with the Map Pack DLC please don't judge the popularity or willingness to buy DLCs for FE on its sales.

Actually I assumed he was Jewish, but still agree with the rest of your point.