Now I'm old, "boomer", etc. But my thoughts.

I'm loving playing this game. At no point has XP or battle pass stuff even entered my mind. Im just having fun playing the game.

I figured I'd look at reddit to see the fun others are having. Nope. 500 posts about the battle pass system.

To me the cosmetic stuff is just an auxiliary feature. The fun of playing the game is why I play. I didn't play halo CE for 10k hours through the 2000s because I was trying to unlock a purple visor for my character. I played because I just wanted to play the game.

But all these posts seem to me like grinding the battle pass is the main focus. Its so weird to me. Like yea customization is awesome, but I don't get the focus on it.

I've barely played the game and I'm level 2 in the battle pass. I don't even know what the challenges are or what challenges I've completed. So to me its playing its role. In the background im chipping away at a purple visor I'll probably never use. Sweet.

I wish this battle pass stuff would have never even happened to video games and you just achieved things in the game to unlock stuff. Winning games in certain Playlist. Getting 100 sniper headshots. Beating the campaign solo legendary. Getting 50 sticks. Getting 50 ninja medals. Whatever it is. Its taken the focus off the game and onto some silly grind that doesn't really mean anything.

Ok old man rant over. Ill go back to enjoying the game. Its awesome.