Did you really lock regular path points behind the Episode pass?

It's actually worse than you think, even IF you buy the 20$ pass, you can't even progress unless you spend more money on character shards for the current battle pass marquee character. I'm at 95 shards right now and game says I need 100 shards to collect rewards for the regular battle pass. SO not only did I just waste 20$ because I can't even progress the battle pass, but there is no way to earn marquee shards unless you pay even more for either crystal or $$ marquee packs