Lies, deception, nope just laziness, nope not laziness just trying to satisfy the masses.

I don't mind if it's hard and if there are platoon character requirements that are trapped behind a paywall. I am completely fine if doing well at a component of the game will take some building up. I don't get a great feeling if we are led to believe that it isn't working as intended though, I don't get a great feeling if the missions are awarding fewer points than the devs intended.
If it's hard to start with, by design like the AAT, that's great. We will get there eventually. This doesn't smell like that though.