Hi Player_5cd3srva,
Mai is excellent on followup and historically been assigned to multiple forums...more often than not if you haven’t heard from her she is on vacation or sabbatical. I’m confident someone will followup shortly.
It is my understanding EA has communicated through in game technical support that this was a feature “designed” to offer a different strategy. Really?...Really??...Really??? If that was considered a smart and clever move...you might want to read a few minutes in the forum. They’re obviously some very intelligent business leaders in EA, how about somebody pass this information to them so they can make a business decision instead of a misguided legal one.
Just admit a mistake in both design and beta testing and accept ownership and correct the issue or offer an alternative option and let the turtles play with themselves. Please listen to your patrons, fix the problem...clarify the rules...or continue to watch active players leave just to be replaced by another feeder city. Just one man’s opinion.