User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Overpoweredness and the Tension: Should we Care?/@comment-9090085-20140828061343

I don't think it's quite as bad as people are making it out to be:

First off, I think people under-value the Paladin's abilities. Yes, it did get smashed - after taking a few rail-gun shots to the back; a trident to an actuator; two light clones to the face; a few dozen slashes; a half-dozen explosive rounds to the radiator; plowed through a few pillars radiator-first; and took a punch powerful enough to wreck a nightclub. Sounds like one tough cookie to me(besides, how else were they going to defeat a giant robot; make it cry "uncle"?).

Conversely, I think people overstate Romans abilities. Bare with me here. When Roman fought Blake and Sun in Black and White, some people interpreted it as "Roman can hold his own against Blake and Sun". I saw it as something else, though: "Roman can hold his own against Blake, and he can hold his own against Sun, but he can't hold his own against Blake and Sun working together." Roman was able to take them on individually, but when they tag-teamed him, he got hit. His very next move is to separate them so he can take them out piecemeal. Thus, he comes across as incompetent when he was probably displaying about the same level of penitence he usually does.

The "our hero's are always winning" is something I don't have a particularly good answer for, though. While again, it's not as bad as people say it is - They're not winning every fight in less then 5 seconds, and they're getting slapped around by Large Grimm, Small Grimm, Humans and Giant Robots - they have still not lost a battle. And while I, personally, may not think of the Semblances revealed thus far as "broken", I cannot deny that they seem very powerful.

And I thank that's part of the trap RWBY is laying for us.

By showing us just how strong and capable our hero's are, it will make it all the more serious when our Villains win; and think they're going to win big(after all, if RWBY and JNPR can awesome powers, why can't the villains?).

That's probably going to happen further down the line, however. So in the mean time, we can look towards the upcoming "tournament arc" to hopefully break this "winning streak"; as a bunch of essentially "no-risk" battles would be a good chance to show our hero's limitations, and hint as to just how much more formidable the villains are.

Also, while RWBY was able to handle one Paladin, I think 3-or-4 Paladins would wreck their shit; and I am quite sure White Fang has more then 4 Paladins.