User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Too Much of a Good Thing?/@comment-3146930-20140414194557

I don't think that new characters are a bad thing, as long as they don't take control of the story or divert the main focus of the show (ex. Filler acrs). That being said, I can understand your concern that new characters will mean less character development for the main cast or at the very least, less screen time. While we can expect less time focused on RWBY, they can still pull this off in many ways. Maybe having these new characters have viewpoints different from that of the main characters would establish a good conflict, or even come characters becoming friends.

Season 1 as a whole is set to establish the world of RWBY, with plenty of time for other things later down the line. I mean we are half a season in already and we don't really know anything about anyone's past, what the villains are up to, or even how Dust, Aura, and Semblance all fit together. For now, I would take world building over character development, with new characters from other countries being included in world building.