At the moment both possibilities (placeholder or not) are equally likely. Now EA is exactly the right time to talk about such inconsistencies because it’s much harder to change in the final game or a later state of development (nearly impossible because economy and you need to search an other material sink).
The word “placeholder” is not an universal solution for everything. If we want to be involved in development we need to show interest in the development. We can help refine the game and polish it by looking on details the devs don’t have time for.
To use another approach (Newton’s first law of motion) …
When viewed in an inertial reference frame, an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a force.
Why should something be changed if everyone accepts the current state ?
But i’m sure it’s really a “placeholder”. I just wanted to rais attention for the inconsistency so that they can not find the way into the final product.
Especially for @Havok40k:
Maybe you’re reading in another forum but can you tell me who wants as many updates as possible ? I can’t rememer that someone demands more updates of the client (I’m not saying that I would not like it … even with 1000th of bugs or inconsistencies [as described above, we can help polish this game by looking at such things]).
As you answer specifically in relation to me and since i’m tired to say the same things again and again let my quote you a “best-of” collection of my concerns from the last months.
Feel free to read my last topic and maybe you understand my concerns or not. I won’t discuss this with you again because we always reach a dead point.