Think about it this way. The challenges in the previous version were the ONLY way to complete the Battlepass. Those challenges were replaced by all crafting (cept handcrafting), killing, and gathering. Crafting, Killing, and Gathering are the new challenges. Instead of having a choice of three things, you can do pretty much anything you want.
The three weekly challenges are just bonus on top. They can even be ignored. That only adds around a day to the time to complete the battlepass.
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