I personally prefer the current map design to the pathfinder map design where about 90% of the maps were claustrophobically small. We are in 2021, the bg1 size maps are a relic.
As for climbing ladders, this is just a change that was needed if there were a lot of ladders in the game. Due to the fact that the number of druid transformations is very limited, the need to get out of the form every time you need to climb somewhere would be irritating. This could probably be remedied by increasing the amount of possible transformations available for rest, but this again would cause dissatisfaction.
