This policy makes me unable to enjoy the game as much as I should after paying for it and to rent servers. I do not have time to go through forums and find other people to play so that I can unlock stuff. I have one friend that I play with, please change this back so we can play in the middle of the night when no one else is on. Do we wish our server would fill up, yes. Does it? No, not without a lot of work. I do not want to work to play. I work to pay for the game, the internet, the console, servers I rent, and so forth.You have so many rules about how to play the game it is detracting from the fun. There will always be people who play the game in such a way as to dimish the fun, please do not use such blunt force methods to stop them. You are ruining the gameplay for paying customers.
This method is not even effective. By raising the game start requirement to four, all you have done is cause four boosters to get together instead of just two. Four people can boost to their heart's content, but two players not trying to cheat cannot play at all. Is EA adamant in this new policy or is there a mechanism for change?
If you did not prevent unlocks in unranked games that would mitigate this problem, but it would still not be as good as just letting us play the game.
I still want LAN gameplay on every game. Not having it seems protectionist on EA's part, I do not like it one bit. It seems like you are intentionally buiilding in obsolesence in everygame. Does everything have to be about the absolute bottom line? Can some decisions be based on what gamers want? You know us, the customers.
