User blog comment:Nooblet68/Various thoughts about RWBY/@comment-15586611-20140906185932/@comment-3146930-20140906234851

I actually thought the mech battle was very important as far as the plot goes, but it doesn't shove the information in our face. First off, the battle shows us that RWBY has been working on formations and battle plans during their time at Beacon. Up until now we haven't seen them fight as a team aside from the Nevermore fight and that was before they were RWBY. We go into more detail about Yang's abilities and the fact that the mech is in the hands of the White Fang, it makes them appear as more of a serious threat. It also gave us a battle, something a lot of people look forward to; the only other real fight at the time was the food fight, as Pyrrha's two fights didn't happen until later.