I think people would have hyped up like anything if this was either chapter 1001 or chapter 999, but hey I am waiting for full summary and pics...these kind of spoilers would be usually done justice by panels and dialogues....besides, 30-40% of the content hasn't been leaked yet and we know how well it changed for the last chapter...so I haven't given up on this chapter from that standpoint yet....
Like d clan reveals/infos about the one piece/some people even expected BB to come lol
Imo it was pretty clear that the set up for this chap was to see the yonkos vs sns
Iirc it was even hyped by the editor not too long ago..
Honestly it's good for a chapter 1000 imo