That's pretty much been Egghead in a nutshell. I mean, Wano was godawful, but Egghead's pacing and narrative has been a mess that's been all over the place far more so than even in Wano and WCI. You have characters facing each other down one moment, then appearing in completely different places next chapter, then you have a character do something to move the plot one chapter, then they do it again for 2 chapters later, and then you have characters repeating themselves (like Vegapunk) over and over again with no progress.
Loda is just stalling for time either because Jump and him really want to milk this dried up cashcow for all its worth, or because Oda has gotten so forgetful with age that he doesn't realize when he's already done somethin.
And because he doesn't like listening to his editors, and his editors are too scared of giving advice, its no wonder we keep finding ourselves sent back to square one.
Imagine shading your own editor over a pitifully given suggestion.