"Unfortunately, it appears this is intended to create frustration that will lead to "buy now" decisions using premium currency."
Also unfortunately, EA fails to recognize that pissing off their players is rather a terrible business model.
Although abusing their employees like they are famous for may work to their benefit, but abusing their potential paying customers? Might as well kiss your playerbase goodbye.
Ive paid for games such as clash of clans, because those games were enjoyable and was worth spending a lot of time playing. But for this game, many people including me will never spend a dime, SOLELY because of their awful GTHQ makes this game unplayable.