In the CBT the limit to what you could use ultimately came down to your progression in the campaign. With the launch of OBT, we saw this change, with campaign progress being much less of an inhibitor compared to the battle tasks. The battle tasks made the game less about grinding for the new squads and all about grinding some random task so you could hopefully get a weapon you would actually use. I was expecting this but the old battle tasks made it ridiculously hard for the average player to get troops or weapons.
The most recent micro update changed the battle pass. For those who don’t know about it or haven’t read it, I’ve copied it below since it’s considered news and not patch notes:
"As for Battle Tasks, they will now always swap the type of reward offered upon completion - with no randomness involved. For example, if you have just finished a task rewarding you with a weapon supply order, the new task that replaces it will always reward you with a personnel supply order.
In addition, we are also lowering the random factor in the difficulty of Battle Tasks. In Enlisted, the Battle Tasks you receive will differ in complexity. Some are very simple, allowing them to be completed by novice players in around 1-2 battles. Some however are difficult and require more time to complete, relying more on skill, or even playing certain campaigns or game modes. We will ensure that you always have at least one of the easier tasks in the todo list at any given time, so every player will always have a task they’re able to complete, with no hard skill requirement."
After playing for a few hours today, let me just say that the change is incredibly noticeable. No longer am I constantly having to reroll tasks. The progress is much quicker. Thank you devs for listening to the community. I still think it needs some tweaking but this is a massive step in the right direction.