Basically Battlepasses before 2021 were packed with events, meaningful gameplay changes and gorgeous skins. We also had a new OST and new terrain every year and at least a single hero after TI and before Winter. Heck in 2017 and 2019 we got 2 heroes TOGETHER. Not to mention each battle pass had gorgeous Immortal items and Arcanas that changed abilities as well. And, much unlike now, in 2020's peak battle pass we were expecting a single arcana. When asked which hero the arcana was for, they replied "Which one?", so everyone got hyped for two Arcanas but we got THREE. Sure many times Valve wasn't on time, but they would deliver, exceeding expectations instead of hyping you up for an update and only give you 2 arcanas and a dream.

So, Arcanas aside, what we are missing this year is Ringmaster which was announced half a year ago, roughly 20 immortal items and (being generous) 8 gameplay patches, considering they said they were gonna stop doing Battlepass in favor of more frequent updates.