User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 3 chapter special Part 1/@comment-112.203.83.230-20130707043035

I think it wasn't mentioned that Ultear lost her powers.. just her time. It also wasn't mentioned that Sting would take over Sabertooth.

About Cobra, there was something fishy when we said something about "Six Mages." Then about Zeref and Mavis, Zeref is just talking in monologue. If you ignore Mavis talking, Zeref's lines can be interpreted as him giving warning to Mavis without regard to her reaction. Mavis is just responding even though its useless.

Finally, I think I remember something that Mashima admitting that perhaps bit off more than he can chew. He was working on Grand Magic Games and Eclipse at the same time. There was also a huge number of characters introduced. I think that affected the quality of the arc. If he were to fully flesh out this arc, I guess that he would finish it by the end of 2013 and that is too long.

Anyways he was planning on making the next arc with a smaller scope. With less characters so he could focus on the arc. Hopefully quality would be improved here.