@Spidder81
I understand all of that, and I'm not happy about the restrictions, either.
From what I have read of the TOS, and the graphics that were posted here as 'evidence,' I feel that they have sufficiently covered their bases, legally, as far as the language goes. I'm no lawyer, and I'm not giving any kind of legal advice, but I have a good bit of experience with writing contracts and dealing with copyright issues.
Let's break it down:
Quote: "All experience you earned in Battlefield™ 2042 is universal and shared across all its modes, which means you’ll be leveling up and unlocking new weapons, gadgets, and cosmetics no matter which mode you’re playing."
The first part is about "all experience you earned." "Earned" (worked to legitimately unlock) is the key word, here. You earned it (past tense). It is now in your account. That earned XP is now "universal and shared across all its modes."
So far, nothing about that part is false; 1) Everything you have earned has transfered, and 2) you do have the ability to level-up and unlock "new weapons, gadgets, and cosmetics no matter which mode you’re playing." Still true.
Here's the nasty part, though:
In Portal, for example, you have not "earned" certain unlocks, or regular amounts of XP, compared to other modes. The XP you actually have earned, though, has indeed transfered, so no issues there. The problem is that EA put restrictions on the rates and types of unlocks that you will be allowed to earn in certain modes. What you still earn, after all of the restrictions, does indeed transfer, so you aren't being robbed of anything you have been able to earn (nothing you have been able to unlock has been taken back from you).
What's actually happening is this: you are basically being throttled and restricted; if you aren't allowed to earn (unlock) something, in the first place, there is nothing to transfer. Big difference. It's all in the wording, and how one action follows another.
The statement did not say that you could level-up as fast, or unlock every single item, across all modes; it said that what you earn transfers. They didn't say anything about possibly making it more difficult--or impossible--to earn certain things in certain modes, and that is the real issue.
I know that doesn't make the situation any better--and I hate all of the caps and restrictions, too--but that's the way the language reads, in my opinion, and I have to be honest about that. Because of the caps, and several other issues with the game, I have chosen not to play it.