I have ADHD and other sensory issues. I am easily distracted by any visual stimuli, to such a degree that I cannot even have a flashing notification dot on my phone anywhere in my eyeline while trying to work because I will be looking at it constantly, and cannot concentrate on what I am doing. This update will be incredibly frustrating to people like me who struggle to focus on things when there is a repeated, flashing stimulus drawing attention away from the game. I play games to relax, and this will not be relaxing.
Every update EA has made of this nature is greedy and disrespectful to the player base. From the initial UI change where they greyed out the "Not Owned" icons to try to manipulate completionists, to the latest homepage change where it is one giant advertising board, to this new icon. It isn't even subtle, it's a very vlear attempt to try to force more buggy, broken, garbage packs down people's throats. We don't want this, we don't need this, and we don't appreciate it. I know what packs I am interested in, and what packs I do not want. This icon is not going to persuade me to buy packs I already decided I don't want.
I was fully planning on buying the new Stuff Pack on release on Thursday, but I have now decided I will not update my game and simply play in Offline Mode so long as this icon is present. As a result, I will also not buy any new packs since I wouldn't be able to download the content anyway. You have lost my business, EA.
