Keep making your voices heard. Apparently gamers in the EU are working on a lawsuit against EA for false advertising and they are 100% within their rights to do so.
Playing against bots was the main reason why I bought the game. I am also an older OG gamer who used to wreck noobs back in the day in multiplayer, however! Life happens, we get old, and we're not as sharp as we used to be. This is not a reason to punish us for our years of loyalty to a franchise and or take the fun out of a game because we were promised a way to progress without the stress.
EA is acting like we're ruining the game by playing against bots. Why advertise something to entice the casual player to buy your product then promptly pull a 180 because of their lack of oversight?
Also, why is it such a cardinal sin to want to enjoy a game (that we paid our hard earn money for) in a way that we want? Aren't games supposed to be fun? Please stop catering to only multiplayer. Let the casual player have some fun too.