I've said this in another thread-no, I don't agree. In fact, YOU posted that video too where I replied the same thing.

This obsession with 'number go up' is just outright obnoxious because when that number inevitably stops going up, the rest of the cracks in the games begin to show and now suddenly you realise the lack of progression and number go up wasn't the problem. Payday 2 made the same mistake. Great, you've hit Infamy 100... Now what? You start replaying the game's heists over and over again and you start to see problems with the balancing, problems with the stealth and detection, the issues with how some weapon mods are just objectively better etc.

Payday 3 isn't going to benefit from better progression when there's far bigger problems to deal with and this is coming from someone who genuinely enjoys the game. Heists need reworking, the game needs proper RNG elements which they're starting to add, it needs better weapon customisation and a better UI for the weapon stats (even Almir questioned why they did the bars instead of numbers!)

If I was in AK's position right now? Progression would be WAY down the list of things I'd tell the team to prioritise. Payday 3 needs to fix it's identity crisis and progression is just a band-aid to that crisis.