Let me remind you that a vast majority knew that he would be gotten for free later on, so no room to use this argument that you have :)

Most people dont exactly want 4 "free" frags, they just need to have more accessible ways to acquire them. I mean, right now, theres technically no way with chase missions "bugged" but thats almost the only way other then that "lucky" seals pack that has a chance to drop em, but other then that, there is no way, so if they just made it more accessible, people wouldn't be i suppose, fed up about the situation.