This is absolutely false advertising. I'm positive a bunch of us casual older OG gamers bought this game because of the promise that we'd get normal XP and weapon progression through portal.
EA thinks that they're saving multiplayer from being destroyed by a few bot farmers and are happily patting themselves on the back yet they are completely ignoring a big population of casual gamers. They will always use the excuse that this will prevent players from leveling up fast and then get bored with the game and stop playing. That is a delusional lie. Multiplayer will ALWAYS have a huge population of players and the vast majority of them could honestly care less about the minority of bot farmers (or the casual player) However, by doubling back on their advertisement they have effectively and simply stolen our money.
This is wrong. No matter how you paint it. Wrong.