Is map making hard?

[nofsky]

I wouldn't say it's exactly hard. It takes perhaps an hour to get familiar with the basics of the map editor, and what you're doing is basically placing objects and set pieces into the 3d world to create a level. It's not really complicated. Scripting is probably what's harder for most people.

Building a map of the same quality as the ones in the real game takes a long time, though.