@maximas1986
I also think that's the case.
What's the point of the crossprogression if you don't give people time to prepare (The October 26th cutoff) when you know this feature will bring a lot of players back to the game, and just say "lolz not our problem Rip bozo"
I think wording of the crossprogression news leaves a lot to be desired, for a time I ALSO thought that I was screwed because I had 2 EA accounts and if I try to do anything with them it won't work (Thanks to AHQ I just did things that will allow me to use all my PSN progress on PC, as I don't really care about my current PC progress)
BUT
If what @michinoire provided and what the EA agent said is true, and YOU won't be able to enjoy crossprogression after you linked accounts after October 26th, then i'll be in a lost of words because like I said already, what would be the point of it if like 30-40% of the playerbase (expecially some console bros who had their EA account automatically made and they didn't really give it much thought) can't even enjoy it.
Also now that I think about it:
Note: to prevent exploitation,
I wonder, what kind of exploitation? The only "exploit" I can think of right now is just farming easy apex packs to get an easy Heirloom, but other than this? I have no idea what other exploits can be used with cross progression.
I think either some official news to clear that dillema would be something nice.