D3 had seasons where you did things and got points towards cosmetics and titles. This was all included with the game and you just had to put the work in to earn them.
D4 took that and said “What’s this? Something that isn’t asking players for money? Wow how can this be?” and turned it into a battle pass.
I posted another comment here about what the battle pass actually offers and why I uninstalled.
Free offers the blandest armor skins you can think of(base game skins look better) and a crappy title that you can put on your character that no one will notice.
Paid gives you mid cosmetics and 666 of their microtransaction tokens. Except the cheapest item in the store is 800 tokens. So you get to pay money so you can pay money again to actually use the rewards from the paid track. It’s a slap in the face and I’m glad I didn’t buy ultimate edition.
I don’t regret paying the $70 because before the latest patch the game was actually pretty damn fun. But I have absolutely no reason to keep playing anymore. I’m going to remember my times with d4 fondly and forget that the game still exists.
Just like they neurotically interject God into every single aspect of their lives they think I’m neurotically rejecting God, when in reality I’d forget about the topic entirely if fire and brimstone hobos weren’t trying to skullfuck my country into being fire and brimstone.