Progression concern

Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger , when I said limited functionality, it was because the new app was still in early user testing … a lot of planned capabilities were not yet present or functional. That said, some things that Origin once did have got removed, left to be dealt with in each game … a guess, it got too complicated to have Origin address every game design, past, present and future (sound and mic settings are examples). No idea how they will handle achievements, they were not present in the version I used, but that says nothing as to the current state or what EA has planned for the end state.

While IDK what the final state will be, I'm guessing it will have a login to confirm your ID (anti-pirating), a common launcher for all EA games which displays the games you own, an ability to download DLC and patches for your EA games, an ability to do game file repair and a store where you can purchase other EA games. For MP games, a friends list you can create, to invite folks to play a match or possibly chat with folks about stuff.

It was too early in the user test cycle for me to speculate on it becoming something akin to Steam … IJDK. After my initial look and deciding I didn't want to participate in testing AND continue to maintain Origin, I uninstalled the test app and never looked back. If you log into the EA website (not the Origin desktop app), you can probably find the link to sign up to test the new software … I suspect you don't want to do that, then perhaps read what EA says they are trying to do with the new software. When I went there to download the app, the info was pretty sparse, just telling me that it would be the replacement for Origin … they may have added to it since then.

Nothing. What stopped them from demanding you play Me1 or both ME1 and 2 to play 3 with character import. 

well fuck me. No I never did

AND they are not on the 360 server clouds either