I thought by buying the season pass you had 2 options ether play the game to unlock the levels of wait for it to expire and the levels would unlock then so people that play get the content earlier and the slow players still get their monitary value but no that's not how it works if you don't level you don't get the content you paid for so I will not be buying this next season pass nor the one after that.
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They were quite clear that the catchup mechanic was paying for levels, your $10 wasn't for the battle pass it was for the Vex content, the battle pass was just bonus goodies thrown in.