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As many have said, and I agree, this game is WAY TOO GRINDY. It's just not any fun. I don't see this game having the level of success of the previous games. They have taken the joy out of the game big time.
As others have posted right above, this does seem like something that is designed to make the game way too grindy so it can support microtranscations. Between nerfing XP, making sure to limit daily XP you can buy, and giving incentive to focus on vanquish instead of anything else it seems like EA/Popcap are more interested in people spending either way too long trying to earn something or speeding it up with money. I have a feeling that this game or the next will move to Games As A Service model, unfortunately. I hope I am wrong on that account. The game hasn't even officially launched and it feels like it is being hobbled. And it also feels like they wanted to sneak in these damaging changes along with other changes to Quality Of Life and balancing but these issues stick out way more to me.