Too early to put that perk list in bin. You can, if you want. N Inoda being good guy n all is just an assumption because he try to act close with Asuna. In truth, we all know his intentions is to Ntr kirito. I believe this game is going to be great. So, I will wait for future updates.
In reference to the perk list. I don't know the influence people have had on what Fujino wants to do, but the perk list and the 1st week of events were things Fujino himself already decided on before asking for input. The perk list itselfs implies Fujino wants to slowly build up on corruption what with having things at Lvl 1, 2, and 3. The 1st week of events also shows the distance between Asuna and Inoda, with the events of Sunday already being pre-determined in his planning.
Fujino also mentions in old posts how people were disappointed about the lack of Asuna related CGs. But overall their focus was on Suguha since that's what they mentioned was pre-determined. The perk list and massive overhaul to how the game looks and acts is also something that has little influence by others. This includes the recollection room, the anxiety bars, the live chat, the cellphone mechanics, the updated battle system, the introduction of all the SAO characters (minus Alice) and their respective side stories. Overall there's a lot of things that Fujino has decided on themselves that seems to imply they're rather passionate and want to develop a bigger game instead of rushing towards the finish.
The perk list alone probably suggests an overall longer game that while disappointing for some people might imply a significantly longer development time than anything he has worked on before. Anyways the point I'm getting at is that I think Fujino hasn't been influenced significantly enough to really worry about anything as of yet. Updates 0.1, 0.16, 0.21 include majority of the things Fujino themself already wanted to do. So now we're on update 0.25 which seems to still be following the narrative or rough draft plot points that Fujino had already set up in the previous 3 updates. So I don't know; let him cook I guess?