The Iron Crown Event: Just a predatory monetisation tactic?

@iBlockHead Well I'm glad you're entertained.

EA is a multi billion dollar industry leader. They simply must do whoever they can to keep their shareholders happy. Even if it means using questionable methods. This is legal and that's very difficult to change.
But what can change is how they approach their consumers. This can only be done if those consumers express a clear and undeniable aversion to the methods they currently employ. The problem is that a whole lot of people just simply do not know about them.

It's like with mental health issues, bullying or even promoting body positivity. The more people talk about such things the more awareness there is. Then with greater awareness there's a great chance we will see change for the better as time goes by.

If the prices are as you say, truly insane then of course they should (from an socio-ethical standpoint) be adjusted to be considered fairer.
However if these prices aren't all that insane, then they should at least be justified to a better extent.

@Sarrgeras I think your assumption is rather humorous, thank you for that. But at risk of disappointing you, no. No, I do not, have not or will ever work for EA. Though I did apply once a few years ago, ya know... when they weren't the most money hungry corrupt entity of the gaming industry like they are today.
So let me clarify. I am not justifying or condoning EA and all the unethical trash they're peddling their consumers, but I will try to remain as unbiased as I can when discussing what they do because I, like oh so many others, are only in a position to speculate on the matters the concern us.

I'm not looking to calm things down. If you or anyone else wants to scream and curse and be outraged then by all means do that as much as you want.
When the words "Do you guys not have phones?" were uttered, people booed it immediately. Yes that provides the devs an instant understanding the people aren't happy with their product, but it's also just noise. How are the developer meant to improve their product when they can't hear what people actually want through all of that noise?

So what I do encourage is voicing concerns in a respectful manner.
If people want things to change then their screaming and booing won't help.
If people are angry they have every right to be, but nothing will come of it if they don't channel it in the right way.

I could've wrote a post where I just typed out "screw EA" over and over again, but what would that accomplish? The post would either get deleted or forgotten after zero comments or upvotes or I'd get banned.
By doing what we're doing in this thread and an many others like it, we are able to at least have a chance for what we say to get noticed by the makers of the games we love. They're much more likely to hear player criticisms out if those players aren't telling them to die every five minutes.