I understand your point and appreciate it. However, I think that in one way or another Redacted doesn't have the same essence as Locker or Metro. It is a map that arrived to add value, but not to replace.
It's great to play Redacted, but some of us would like all that explosive spam from Locker or Metro, I confess that at times in BF4 it was annoying, but then I would choose another map, and then go back to Locker when I missed that style of game.
I think similar to hardcore, I'm not a fan but sometimes it's interesting to play. I think it's worth presenting maps that appeal to different styles, in addition, BF4's Battelog is full of Locker, more than other maps, so there is a very high demand.
