This is quite amusing. A one time $15 fee for each crappy map pack that allows people to play on those maps at ANY time OR a possible $5/mo (or higher) charge to play all DLC but, only as long as you're a subscriber. I love how Activision likes to assume that poeple won't notice they're actually trying to get more out of their customers.
Another amusing thing is all the BF3 fanbois. The game hasn't been released, yet you're making claims it'll be so much better. I remember similar claims with the MoH reboot and we all know how that turned out. IMHO BF3 is just another scripted pile of steaming . Don't believe me? A small example then. Between 4m30s & 5m00s in the "Fault Line" gameplay trailer, the squad/fire team leader is barking orders at you to do everything yet does nothing despite the fact there are hostiles in his field of view. There are several examples of this throughout the trailer. Just about the only thing that BF3 has that CoD doesn't is a destructable environment. However, there are other games with destructable environments as well. So what does this leave for BF3? In any case, time will tell.