There is a penance for unlocking 18 grid points but there are only 8 grid points. What am I missing?
I think their plan is to present new such maps from time to time, same to how Havoc has “seasons”. Like, throw a new challenge at the community once in a while. May be even getting more creative with those maps, giving you more meaningful choices when you decide which route to take (similar to Chaos Wastes from VT2). May be even dropping some plot pieces as rewards sometimes.
Like, it would make sense if they already are copying HD2, that’s what HD2 do.
More info from the CM about what this mode will actually hold in store in the future. He said he’s finding out what he can, though. We’ll see.
the future, if you found it tell me when to buy crypto and play lottery 
now imagine a map with actual these number of grid points and randos 
they should playtest it first with dudes from the street outside their office building before putting these premade centric stuff into the game