The progression has been a serious issue since launch. Well, for attachments I would say.
I'm totally fine with cosmetics taking a long time or even certain achievements to unlock. But the reality is that I will unlock 20 optics I will never use prior to unlocking a suppressor, which is mandatory in this game for most weapons. The cosmetics are just kind of... thrown in as an afterthought.
I'm happy they have at least spoken about it. It's comical that they are like "ok guys we made it .0002% faster and we're gonna wait another 6 months before we change it again" but at the very least it is forward movement.
I'm not celebrating how it happened, but CoD lead designer was a very bad pick. I think he was the source of many bad decisions in BF6, and may he rest in peace, but now MANY of the problems players identified are being addressed and some even getting fixed.
To answer your question, they will make another "tuning pass" to progression with the next step of S2. It will also be a very small improvement. I can't say if it won't be enough, small changes can have a significant effect that can't be reversed in situations like this.
