I don't understand the question, what do you mean by the Kingdoms?
The storylines with the focus on kingdoms instead of it being about the strawhat pirates besting the yonko.
Like really did luffy need so much time to waste with doffy?
Things happen not because luffy wants to best the yonko but because there are others to be saved.
Remember when kaido talked about purate games? Yet all luffy does is pirate games. If it was not for his mc luck what he does would not make sense.
I am not saying luffy should become super tactical but the strawhat crew has 0 conviction regarding the yonko.
For example kaido has a poneglyph luffy wants. Luffy could have announced war to kaido and his desire to take that poneglyph. Nothing the strawhat pirates do feels like thwy arw a crew anymore.