From the pics I see it looks really good in idea, although very similar to Op. Bar. which might not go over too well in the whole gigabytes/diversity issue...
On mapping terms:
What I would personally suggest is to cut down on the density of the palm trees. It looks a bit ridiculous to me seeing about a million palm trees all bunched together. Let there be some space, let there be some sparse areas, let there be some little bushes all alone, etc.
Retired [R-DEV] and mentor IronTaxi once...well, multiple times, told me that "
less is more" and its incredibly true, but rarely followed on the first time through. I'm still running through Ramiel in the editor and taking out tons of useless stupid bunched up statics that add nothing but shit that gets in the way
Also, how the heck do boats, let alone ships, get out from the dock if a military grade amphibious APC cannot get in?

That baffles me and seems like a poor excuse for limiting assets... if you dont want APC's on the map, just dont use them, but leave a way out of the circular blockage... lol
Looking really good though, definitely keep it up, maybe just try to expand the islands and give it more than just some military bunkers etc. Build up those villages, I think that in and of itself will differentiate it from Op. Barri. enough to make it a great map
