[2019] It now takes a rough estimate of 28hrs of in match time now just to get your first set of shoulders now and you can't choose what you want.

Even though I know this is a Meme Saturday post, there is some truth behind the sentiment of it and the MCC Team wanted to address it.

This flight is how we're gathering data to refine our thresholds to the values we want. We have targets for how long things should take and theories about where values need to be to get there. Getting an entire flight of people actually engaging with the system is how we see where those theories fall down and then tune them to get things in the right place.

Although the flight may feel grindy, the progression system itself is part of the flight. This means the payout per match as well as the requirements for each tier are subject to change.

While I know this doesn't answer all of the questions around progression/unlocks, I hope it helps ease some of the concerns about the grind.