User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Volume 2 and episode 12, general thoughts/@comment-3387274-20141101154159

I wasn't expecting Vale to be wiped off the map, but after all that build up about what those particular Grimm did to mountain Glenn, and the urgency of them not getting into the city, it seemed a bit jarring that the next episode seemingly has them beaten down that easily (Coco and Glynda were the worst offenders in that regard) before they even had time to do anything seriously threatening.

Really, the episode would have benefited hugely from having RWBY and/or JNPR shown to be struggling at least a little, either by power levels or shear numbers, at the start. Once the Atlas Military rolled in, the episode could have continued exactly as it did, with the cavalry arriving in earnest and turning the tables, and that would have solved most of the problems I had with it.