@asukojo Yeah I've seen images of the challenges and such in early seasons. There was some really dumb stuff that discouraged regular gameplay in favor of senseless grinding! But the flip side of that was that much of them could be completed by yourself, in the firing range. My understanding was that the S7 challenges were considered a bit too much, and caused player blowback. I don't remember the challenges very well, but I did manage to complete the S7 BP fairly easily as well.
I just feel like every few weeks, someone comes in to complain that StUpiD aRenAs ChaLleNgeS are hurting their battle pass progression, and I now can make a fairly solid suggestion that this is not true.