@not_payl_obviously I was thinking the mid could be a bit dark, flashing beam lights, maybe?
Problem with darkish is that:
1. Most people have their brightness set very high up, in fact almost nobody has it set correctly, as game requires.
2. So either you make map very dark to be a little dark for most people and dark as excrement for people who set their brightness correctly, or you can make it correct dark for few people, and bright for most.
So i would generally advise against darkness, it won't look good either way now.