Always large maps...

Always large. Would do other sizes if they were larger than large. I like epic words with epic space and take epic time to get them colonized. And lots of epic resources for me to use in an epic manner. I like to have a strong nation going long before I meet other nations.

@mentalinstra and other medium advocates.

If the memory issues are taken care of, for those that say medium maps, what about large maps with more AI's present? This would allow for that same competitive feeling and allow for even more epic campaigns at the end.

I've played on both medium and large, and I prefer medium currently because I like the exploration and building aspect of the game, but in large games, I can explore and expand to get a ton of resources without encountering an AI and it begins to feel... dull, I suppose.  Having some competition to force me to make choices (do I tech for civilization to expand housing pop, with that military force bearing down on me?  Or do I need troops quick?) is more fun for me.

I shall also admit that my computer is not too great, so medium maps works better for me 

Large. Larger is better.

I use the largest setting. I normally like the largest I can get, but I don't think Elemental benefits much from going larger than that.

Wouldn't really help because what Tanafres said. I can reach game ending tech levels at 250 turns with ease. I usually only need 5 or so cities max. Any more just annoy me, and I end up not really upgrading them. More space would be pretty useless and just detract from the game. I already play with almost as many AI's as possible. Adding more AI's in a larger map would be pointless because I would never even meet them.

What will probably make larger games more attractive is FE. A more interesting world full of special locations would take up space while adding diversity.  

Ah, I missed that part about the research and stuff. The tech trees do seem a bit lacking - I'm working on modding it to be more fleshed out.

So, if FE had floating bits of land that you could plant a city on and would randomly move around the map, or alternate dimensions/underground areas that were conquerable, would that make it more interesting? Yes, I'm going to keep throwing this in, along with the line of site making tactical battles more interesting.

I always play with the largest maps possible.. atm its 256x256 maps genned with cephalo's elementerra 2. you have to put up with a lot of oom's atm in the beta due to the large space required but I love epic games.. even if I never get round to running till the end.. once ive conquered the majority i tend to move on to the next game.

I like medium and small maps. Because there is no penalty for building cities everywhere, I like to limit the amount that can be created. The only way to do this is with smaller maps.

The larger the better.

Large mostly as I like expanding out and creating a bit of an empire before encountering the others. But any larger and it would be too large, if you know what I mean.