Hear, hear.
This is EA spitting on F2Pers. We’ve given loads of feedback on how to make the game better (and worthy of our hard-earned $$$) and, rather than listen to us and address well-documented points of pain, EA has opted for this incredibly cynical effort to coerce everyone into paying for a second-rate product. I’ll stick it out for this event, but I’m one foot out the door unless they wake up and change course. And they will NEVER see a nickel from me so long as they employ these tactics. I’m not in the habit of paying to be disrespected and I’m not about to start now.