Guard passing question

So more recently I've been working on guard passing and with the closed guard I use the basic knee cut, smash, double under, etc. Just basic guard passes. I've been having to pass some more unorthodox half guards and open guards and I don't really use any specific passes. I've just been breaking grips and pressuring down but I haven't been using actual multi step techniques in the same way that I would if it were say...a guard submission or sweep. I don't really think, oh I'll do this technique, I just kinda pass where the space opens up. Does this make sense? Has anyone else had any kind of experience with this?