Did you not read a single word daphinicus just posted?
I did, thank you. Hence the qualifier "if" was used in my post... or did you not see that?
Given the difficulty in using the current map editor as described, I thought some dev might just want to make life a little easier for the whole team and devote a week or two to separating the codes for, say, physics from mapping. If such a thing ever happened, then that new map editor could be released to the community for the happiness and joy of all. Of course, if the dev team is happy with fighting bugs, or at least not annoyed enough to put in the effort of rewriting the editor, then it'd obviously never happen.
I think most of agree it'd be great if it did happen. I also think that if the devs don't feel they can devote the energy to a map editor without detracting from the game then they could bring on a third party with the help of a confidentiality agreement or some such. I'm sure there are plenty of experienced programmers on this forum alone who would do it for peanuts.
Obviously I'm not suggesting the devs "get right on it." There is still plenty of work to be done on the game itself, and for now I think we're all happy enough to just be playing again after these long months that we don't need an active modding community just now. If it took twelve months for a map editor to come out, I'd be fine with that. If one never came out, I'd still be okay as long as the devs were making the new maps once in a while.
I think we can all agree that new maps, regardless of the makers, are a necessity for the continued success of Legions.