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I believe its worth it. You get the access to all the maps for free forever, they won't charge you for any more then the 49.99 dollars for the premium, if they do its fraud and stealing because you wouldn't be getting anything from it. Even after release your automatically gonna get it. Note you will have to go through the download and the update just because its the way it goes. I won't magically appear but yes, every 5 maps shown will be yours for free when it comes out. In short, you won't be paying another dime out of your wallet for anything else. If you're a hardcore Battlefield 3 player I recommend you getting it, even if your not. Hey 49.99, one time payment and you get all maps for free? hell yeah. plus its not just the maps. its everything including the weapons and vechiles. Everything is yours with that one payment.

Hope this helps you reach a decision.

In short: It depends on you. My girl bought me Battlefield 3 and for the first 2 months I loved it but after a while they updated the game so much it got less fun and more annoying. People complained that some attachments were too cheaty and so on so they made major changes to the game several times over. It has a dedicated PC fanbase but on the Ps3 and Xbox I don't think so. Lately they rented out servers to people and sometimes that is good but mostly its bad because (This happens to me I don't know about other people) I get kicked out of certain servers rented by players because I was doing too good and killing the other team too fast and what not. Unfair yes, but they did pay money for it, kind of sucks to be honest.

To answer your question, I personally don't think it is worth it but ONLY if your a die hard Battlefield 3 fan. You get several map packs for free, new weapons and in game content. On paper its a good deal but only for PC users and the hardcare Xbox and Ps3 fans. As for me? I'll wait til Battlefield: Bad Company 3 comes out