"I enjoy unlocking stuff through gameplay" "need a sense of progression" ToD literally is undeniably exactly that. You and many others simply want a different or much less grindy style basically. I really don't get how they couldn't have like say put the relic weapons skins of the gun you find in the campaign into mp. Finding that gun then unlocks that guns skin in multi cause IIRC they have an engraved look right? Imo the winter and desert skins could have also been free from the campaign. Could have simply been an insane diff unlock or something. But at least you don't have to pay for them anyway. The fish hammer easter egg could have unlocked that as a skin for the breaker mace though I guess people would just bitch about it looking stupid in a gears games mp idk. Either way the campaign could have had a few unlocks to give us something aside from the promotion stuff. Personally I don't mind the ToD and like the grindyness and direct challenge of it but it does need better rewards. Same for re upping like another post said unlocking a ToD tier or imo giving at least some stars or maybe a single double star daily or something just thinking of ideas.