As i said hobbit wars map doesn't and never has taught players nothing but rush in and die, not much for manuvering and such since the combat space is extremely tiny. 

It should go back to the larger maps so players get to see and learn a little sadly SDE likes the small stupid map. 

Helping teach new players how NF is and how to use they're ships best was what blitz was the introduction to NF sadly it is no longer that introduction and most players can't be arsed to help these days shame really.

I dont think we should blame the map for people not learning anything. some ship lines are dead ends anyway. what skills are learned from being a torp whore?  Just about ever GB is infested with kitas and torp walls now.

It really seems like the ceremonial beginning to the battle, kinda like the jump ball in basketball.

Whichever side sinks the little SD sucking rat first gets to advance and push the other side. 

kita's were great tools to learn from, they dispensed "power ups" that you had to avoid and learn to manuver around.  Torp dodging skills start in blitz and work up into GB's most seem to forget this very simple fact.

Also yes blitz is a poor map to learn on, you have a small sized map and players in low end BB's playing these small maps who think they can float around and not really have a lot to worry about most of the time. 

However once they get in GB they get a rude awakening, hobbit war is NOT and will NEVER be a good map to teach other players how to advance in larger ships, lower ships maybe but still it has very little room and still the issue with some players being excluded from the "safety sandbar" it was not a well thought out map.

While i agree we should not FULLY blame the map, however it's poor design does lead to misconceptions and does not provide a very good platform to learn in.