Board Thread:Fairy Tail Discussion/@comment-3030647-20161218073914/@comment-3030647-20161220220330

Well, with regards to the God Serena fight, that was obviously rushed probably due to time constraints Hiro couldn't account for.

Otherwise, if the villains were like the Sternritter they would have been even worse than they are right now in terms of character.

What the Sternritter lacked was genuine character. At least from the brief insights into the Spriggan 12 we can estimate what kind of characters they are. It is unfortunate there isn't the same amount of build-up that the Espada possessed, though.