Alright, let's go

- I agree that the text is a nicer font (although I think that there are possibly better ones out there), but the readability is lower. The white outline you had to your text on the previous version made it more readable, but didn't look so great. I don't know what software you're using for this, but if its Photoshop you could give the text a slight glow, that enhances readability in a more subtle way.

- It looks a little strange, I think, that the coastline is an almost perfectly straight line.

- The water has been improved by adding the contours, but it also looks a little plain. What about adding some ripples and waves? Fishing boats? Alternatively, you could add more contours, getting fainter as they move from the shore, and with varying thicknesses & shapes.

- Maybe it is just personal preference, but I dislike having areas of a map that contain nothing. All that grass you have on the left hand side of the map looks a bit dull. You could add some farmland, trees, rocky outcrops, small pathways... Or you could crop the image to eliminate that area altogether.

- The path you have looks a little funny. First, the colour is very bright and saturated. Second, the texture makes the path look very bumpy - is that deliberate? Third, the path is very wide in many places (eg. that street just above the pig farm has a very wide path, while the paths into and out of town, and to the temple, are much narrower - that implies that more people walk down that little street than go to the temple, or leave/arrive in the village). Fourth, in some areas the shape you used to make the path is very visible (eg. the large oval shape used for the central 'plaza')

- The buildings look rather plain. You could try adding dormer windows, a little bit of variety in roof texture/colour (this is one to be careful with, though, as it can easily go too far...). Additionally, adding a bit more variety to the landscape around is never a bad idea - backyards where carpentry work is done, small sheds, boatyards, small gardens...

- The style of the jetty is very different to that of the rest of the map, and it sticks out very visibly. Try to keep the visual elements within a consistent style, as much as possible.

- Lastly, some elements that are worth putting some time into to really enhance a map are things like borders, title boxes, legends, scale bars, compass roses. These can be easily neglected, but their inclusion can transform a map very positively.

As with your Trader's Pass map, all of these suggestions are intended to help, not criticise

Wingshaw