I don't mind the nerfed XP too much, brings it more in line with the seasons where the battlepass felt great and only got to the end of the pass around week 7 or 8. The gradual unlocks definitely keep me more engaged with the game and it doesn't feel anywhere near as bad as the XP nerf at the start of C2S1.
That said them returning dumb stuff like a lv300 skin is very disappointing to see, seems like with chapter 2 they didn't just wanna bring the feel back of the early days of Fortnite, but also the mistakes. I was hoping missing out on the corrupted 8-ball skin would be the end of that nonsense, but I guess I'll have to suffer that nonsense for another season.
This whole season so far with the choose 1 skin variant nonsense, the customizable character that can only be customized once, super grindy lv300 skins and the lack of what I personally really wanted, some kind of vehicle or movement option to make the mid-game feel less like a walking simulator, makes this season feel like it's of to a disappointing start for me personally. The Spy PoI stuff is very jolly though, I'll give it that, too bad you can't engage with that during Team Rumble which I'm probably gonna make my main gamemode judging by how this season has been so far.