The problem with the systems, battlepass, UI, progression, playlists, and everything else all, to me, trickle down to them responding to challenge feedback during the flights.
If I remember correctly, the feedback was “we hear you, but we can’t change it by launch.” This, I think, is exactly the problem. I think it’s the problem with the playlists. The battlepass. The progression. They had a deadline. My guess is they wanted to delay the game further. They wanted another 6 months to get forge, the systems, everything ready. They wanted another year. But the player base, largely, would have been frustrated. And I bet Microsoft would have wanted it out asap. Because of this, they did t bother to express changes. They didn’t have time.