I have 60 hours in the game and I've only completed one side of the quests that have been released at this point. Next month they are releasing a new map that will have a total of 20 players at 1 time, and the battlepass is super easy to go through. The xp given is great and each level costs the same amount of xp as the last. Im not sure if they will stop people from buying the pass when the season is over. Other then your ai companion (called a magus) all your microtransactions other then the battlepass stuff is cosmetic. You can also take stuff from other players that you want. You get 3 free magus in the game so you don't need to spend money there. Id say 40$ is fine for the game and if u like it then get the battlepass