Yeah you can always grind the game like a full time job instead, while the little voice in the back of your head is saying "you wouldn't have to do this if you just spent mooonnneeeyy"
It's the same story every time a new "free to play but I swear it's good" game comes out. Except this game isn't even free to play.
Your reply isn't showing up for me for some reason. Only in my inbox. Not trying to defend the game, but I probably have about 10 hours of in-game play time (excluding matchmaking and loading etc) and I've already unlocked the premium pass without even trying. There's mission types you can do to make that faster, but it was very organic for me. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah I know, still not interested in any battlepasses, never was. I usually quit as soon as any game start their "Season of the..." crap and return to my evergreen Guild Wars 2.
I also got me a decent looking outfit already and the stats fit my playstyle, so I'm pretty much playing the game for fun now with no interest in any additional unlocks besides stratagems and ship upgrades.
Ah I get you. Just so you know, the battlepasses are more like level unlocks than typical battlepasses, but you probably know that. Also, old battlepasses that you didn't finish or even start will stay in the game permanently, so don't feel like there's a rush to finish them.
Premium currency is freely available on missions and it's not hard to accrue enough to make frequent buys in the money store without spending a cent. The problem becomes the amount of time I spend in game, which doesn't feel like a problem.