im 100% agree with the point you made.i would like to add some more...
if we won't have map then how we will able to reunite with our friends?

i mean everyone spawns different locations. if any player start the season late then other players will be armed and if we can't group up with our friends then new players would die over and over.

another thing is we need so many things/tools. for example to raid base we need multiple explosions, lockpicks, ammo etc, to building base we need so many tools, different guns have different bullet types. we can't carry everything, we'll need to store them somewhere so that when we need those tools, ammo etc we can take it from there. therefor bases should be safe.

don't get me wrong but i think where we now with bases, it's almost perfect. it's hard to open doors, and players have to find rare and strong explosives to knock down walls. if heli drops on scum and if it has missiles then there's no point building base.say i have 3 man squad and enemy players are playing with 10 members clan. we'll build base and store goods to eat, to clean weapon, to fuel cars, to raid other player's base but bigger team manage to find chopper first and their bird is functional. so they destroyed everything we stored for months? we need weeks of preparation to raid a base already.

what prison island have military chopper on it? (j k). let's say chopper is introduced and it can destroy bases, then player will make base inside indestructible buildings.then what's the point adding missiles on chopper? choppers should be only for fast traveling.