Thoughts on the new, new new Arabia?

Surprised I haven't seen any conversation either complaining or praising the new map. I'm personally conflicted. I used to play AoK forever ago, and no one walled back then. I hate the idea of turning an open map into a closed map - kind of defeats the purpose. But at the same time, I've become so used to and rewired to analyze my map for the most sensible geometric configuring of my walled base. I kind of like not bothering and being ready to defend with military and just trying to funnel the enemy to a certain spot with house walls and such. Does the change kill walling that much or am I just "giving up" on walling too fast? And generally, how do you all feel on full Palisades on Arabia to begin with?