I'm a big fan of the Cloth Map, and spend a lot of my time in the later game playing primarily from the Cloth Map, only occasionally coming out to regular view for the minute details (and the giant monsters watching). What I don't enjoy is how tactical battles always force me back to regular view. What I would like to see is an option to switch tactical battles to a Cloth Map view as well--perhaps even a wooden or stone chessboard view, given that the tactical screen is always the same size each time. Use the same chess-piece figures for each of the units that are used on the Cloth Map, and use stylistic representations for ground cover, debris, walls, etc. Retreat would occur when a unit fled to the edge of the board and left via the glowing spots, as per regular.

This is perhaps not an idea for while you're still fiddling with gameplay features, but it is something I hope you consider for future. The Cloth Map setup is, for me, the most unique and enjoyable feature of Elemental so far.