yes... it's hard to stay on the plot line with others wanting to do what they want, and the training can be a bit of a hassle...

personally I liked Dragon Ball, it was good in my opinion, and the Michael bay part of my mind loved Dragon Ball Z cause epic fights X3 and yes, I liked GT, I don't care if it's non-cannon =3

that aside, yes the 'training itch' does seem to be a reacquiring theme in dbz rp's, even in this one, I admit that Maximus had the training itch, with reason might I add, he's a machine, not an android, he didn't need to eat, didn't need to rest, and had the objective to get stronger to defend the earth from the dark saiyan invasion, but even then I had character development for him with Glacier, as for power plays yeah this rp had it's fair share, example being: Orin suddenly having the ability to conveniently transform even though not having done it before in IC just to combat Amber who had transformed for the first time, or when R'yak had his 'rage' transformation to try and take on Devastator on his own.... *sighs*

that being said, I enjoy a good storyline, and character progression, with a healthy course of action (and or possibly romance *blushes slightly*) mixed in, how we are to do that though... I do not know...