Depends on the Animations and their quality I guess. A 50/50 for me.
If he's doing literally anything related to this new feature on his own, you can expect even slower updates. That's my biggest concern, because he's already close to doubling the time for 1/3rd of a PD considering the current progress. Last release November 20th, next one probably in early to mid February from what it looks like at the moment. That would mean somewhere between 2,5-3 months for 1/10th of a PD. Previous update with 1/3rd of a PD in 4,5-5 months if I remember correctly. Certainly 5 if we count in the days off, which we should in my opinion. So that's a hard NO on this one.
Basically same as above. Hard NO again.
Possible. Some people love animations, others don't really care. Another 50/50 I guess.
So unless L&P finds actual help to speed up the progress, it does look pretty bad for us if you ask me.