I really hate that. I don't plan on buying DLC at all, but I know others will so I'll probably miss out on playing with them.
I'm really split about it. To me, Premium wasn't worth it and it was divisive for the community. BF3 I ended up liking a bit but it still have multiple issues in various areas. They seem to have fixed a whole ton of our complaints based on the multiplayer footage that I've seen. I would like to think they'd fix the issues with Premium and DLC as well, but I'm still very wary about it all. At present, I have no plans about preordering BF4 or even purchasing Premium membership.
^I thought you and Turbo had seen those videos by now.

I think it's going to be amazing. I liked the part about the waves actually being a dynamic feature in multiplayer matches. If I see a wave, everyone sees that exact same wave and it effects your firefight. Also the "wind" feature and how they don't animate trees individually anymore.
I haven't really been keeping up with bf4, just because the console version of bf3 really disappointed me, and the destructibility was a complete joke.That video changed my mind, but I'll wait till I see some review gameplay before I pick it up. BF3 had a really big 'DESTROY EVERYTHING' campaign, after all.
I can't remember the campaign too well but yeah the destruction was not what everyone wanted. Still, it was quite useful to be able to drop ruble onto people hiding in various corners and getting several kills at once. They said BF4 will be going back to BC2 levels of destruction but I still have to see it before I'm convinced.