As in two different things with the same effect? Sorry, not getting it, must be some kind of native English thing.
Correct. Functionally it's the same damn thing in both cases...but there's still people who will argue over it. ;)
Well, I'd argue that intentions do matter, and accusing them to do so only to push more Muls is pretty serious. I think gameplay considerations were primary concern here, it's just that their solution was poor.
And I think that the fact that it was done poorly is evidence of it being done to push more Muls. Especially since they didn't do anything to differentiate the models.