Why are vehicles locked behind a grind wall?

If you have the cash on hand from kills/captures, you should be able to buy the vehicles. Forcing players to grind rank and class progression is a bit unfair. It only punishes the new/casual players.

Eventually, all active players will be at the rank required for all vehicles and unlocks. The casuals will just take a little longer to get there. Unless there are frequent wipes that reset progression, which again, punishes casuals.

I know the devs aren’t listening to input, but I feel the playerbase for this game is going to be a good bit of after work/after school players. 2-3 hours per day.