200+ to US is a blessing, don't bother asking for better

on the DLC population, this is to be expected.

I joined BF 3 after it became $5, the population boomed during this sale and I enjoyed the stock maps thoroughly (it became a Metro fest)

The same issue will happen when SA comes out, Locker will have more pop than Metro 2, this is EA's fault for separating the community in the hopes of earning extra $

My guess is one of these DLC's will become free eventually same like how CQC ended up being free for standard members and those maps get filled up easily.