This was just an example, not necessarily what I was aiming at. But if they did do something like this then I'm sure they could just incorperate new maps into what's already there instead of making people buy something else. I do feel that EA\DICE does owe the BF3 community something without having to spend more money to bring the population it once had back. Most servers that are out there are ran by clans and other organized organizations. I feel EA\DICE should offer us something free of charge that would significantly bring the population back. Because including our clan, we all were victimized in beta testing all these patches after the official release of a game that wasn't by any means ready to be released.
I think personally, if EA\DICE reworked this game into being a client interface instead of a browser game, and eliminate having to download, install, and use origin to login which logs you into battlelog, that would bring some players back. Simplicity for the novice user is the key. I love the game and love the graphics on the B2K expansion. But I don't love it enough for our clan to keep paying for servers that stay empty due to EA\DICE screw ups. Whether it be client, server, or backend issues. It's just not worth it.