Yes you could have saved money but if DICE stays true to their word about Premium being a one-time fee that carries over to future titles,
Yeah, that's a big reason why I'm doubtful. I had that same faith that you just mentioned when I saw that BC2 was great and their DLC was just as high quality but for free.
"We don't ever want to charge for our maps and insisted to EA that this attitude was crucial when it came to keeping our community happy and playing together,"
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/241306/dice-well-never-charge-for-battlefield-maps/I'm not exactly going to hold them to their word that Premium is a one time thing. It might turn out that it is but I'm not going to buy the next game and then find out.
But we've been going over this for a while. Not really an argument we're having but I feel like were just going to start reiterating ourselves unnecessarily. I do understand where you are coming from. You truly enjoyed most of what you got so in your eyes it was a pretty good investment, especially compared to similar services.