⇛Marnetmar⇛

I've heard legends that Vela Pax's maps measure well over 10,000 sectors in size and that every start-to-exit session lasts 2-3 hours. This makes me incredibly self-conscious about my map size and I've heard that, rather than attempting to artificially enlarge my maps, I should invest in a map ring to improve map flow, thus making my maps -feel- bigger.

Does anybody else have any experience using map rings, and do you have any advice or warnings? How many units in diameter should my map ring be?

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Edited for clarification