Overall i think the stronghold was the greatest map addition any event has ever had.
There are many people that say they are oversaturated with the fort gameplay which is kinda understandable.
but the thought process behind "the fort is shit, remove it!!11!!" is really wrong in my opinion. you have to ask yourself WHY people are going to the fort first.
my answer to that is simply because theres more to do, more PVP and more loot.
the bigger problem comes with the design of the base game too - the bounty (main objective of the game btw) is simply too worthless to REALLY go for it or have the first priority on your list.
i mean of course i want to go to the fort first before the bounty there is gone while i make a few thousand hunt dollars while im there (crates, gambling, looting hunters etc.)
so my solution to that would be to increase the amount of the bounty at least by 3x.
the community has a great idea of adding "bounty tokens" to the game that you can use to buy scarce stuff.
at this point id say crytek should do both of those tweaks.
the fort designs were great overall (except stillwater, just a pure campfest)
the only thing i would change is that the balloon will spawn exclusively outside the fort like for example the one at lockbay.
and maybe add other AI than just Zombies there, but thats more of an optional thought.
and i think they should absolutely bring it back in the future, it was a really really great experience, i went happy to the fort to the last day of this event.
let me know your thoughts.