Ive seen developers of critical devices used in medical or safety applications do a temporary update that was a rolled back stable version giving customer something with proven stability quickly while they worked on the fix for current issues. This could be an option for EA since the previous version does not have the connection issue. This temporary solution would keep players happy if the connection fix might take some time to implement. I understand the tradeoffs of being just a game versus the product manager seeing a decline in revenue but dont you think they would want to know this is an option at the next meeting if it hasnt already been considered?