I think they are making great progress. From what I have seen they aren't trying to stall us, but they also don't want to rush. It seems they are aiming for a good middle ground.

I have enough for Roshi, now I'm gonna start saving for Han. I've been saving up seal scrolls for free since I got Hashirama from Tendo treasure. I completely skipped Sage and Kage. I will say this though, I hate seeing people who say "don't rush you will ruin the game." The truth is, atleast on my server, we are losing active players every other day. People get bored doing the same stuff day in and day out. 2.0 was a blessing, but so many people quit playing in the few weeks leading up to it. And now that it has been out for a while players are quitting again. We still don't even have the full 2.0. Where are the GNW Group Summons? :'(