User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Too Much of a Good Thing?/@comment-3257939-20140413052813

I get what you are trying to say and you need to take something in account. Volume 1 was to introduce the world, how it works and who are the main characters. Half of it was the introduction of Beacon and the characters, the other half was character development for RWBY and JNPR, especially Ruby, Weiss, Jaune and Blake.

I said it many times before but I'm willing to repeat it as many times as it takes: "Volume 1 was the series' introduction. Volume 2 is the real deal." And that's basically, everything the RWBYcrew says everytime they talk about Volume 2 in interviews and the production diary.

If the chapters will be longer and if there are 16 episodes like the last time, then, that's more than 2 hours to introduce and develop the new characters. And it's not like this is the end. It's just season 1, Cinder and her team won't be out after this Volume, there is still plenty of time.

For example: Jaune had two chapters for character development and now, judging by the opening, it's time for Pyrrha to have her own arc. Since Jaune has now a landing strategy (the classic "f#ck the ground") he has really grown these few months that passed between episode 14 to Volume 2. Maybe he needs to be stronger to fit in this new arc starring Team JNPR.

What I'm trying to say is that it's most likely that it takes two episodes to give some good time with the new characters until the major conflict happens where Team RWBY will take the lead and beat the bad guys. And it may also take some more capable characters to fit with the new ones. For example, I can easily see Team RWBY getting along with Team Sun because of what happened with Blake or Ruby and Weiss dealing with the upcoming conflicts together as partners and friends instead of fighting all the time.