I am not exactly sure what it is that y'all complaining about now.
The life path was a huge chunk of content and people got upset that he abandoned it and pushed forward with Bangkok. Now he wants to bring both pieces of the puzzle together. What is wrong with that? Sure, if you don't care about the character backstory, this will be annoying, but a lot of players liked it and would like to have it back and in a meaningful way. I can't see anything wrong with it. Even if it means putting the main story on hold for a while. The earlier you bring it back, the better for the longterm future of the game. You can't just complete the entire game and then go back to square one, figuring out how to make decisions have an impact when everything else is already set and done.
My biggest issue would be that I don't see him utilizing all of the different mechanics that are in the game, but connecting the childhood days, college and training with Bangkok? That makes sense and is the right thing to do, if you want do bring it back at all. If not now, when?
I am still sceptical that he will never be able to pull off everything that he wants to do in terms of having a semi-open world with lots of sandboxy quests and stuff, but I think he is on the right track.