User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 512: Sting, the White Shadow Dragon, Review/@comment-1776824-20161130012603/@comment-175.141.10.220-20161201023857

@Rai, i disagree with saying that Makarov's death is pointless. He did that out over half the the enemies. Besides, Makarov is clearly worn out and having his usual heart problem already. If he continues on, he'll become a burden for his "children", his actions in using Fairy Law is more beneficial in the war than meaningless. At least FT has less enemies to fight now.

And to those saying Makarov should've listen to Mavis first. Is Mavis' strategy going to allow FT to turn the tide immediately as in taking out 60-70% of the enemies like Makarov did with Fairy Law? Doubtful.

And Mavis' strategy would still require FT to fight and as you can see most of the FT members are starting to get worn out already by that time. Fighting any further even with Mavis' strategy might not be feasible. They might not even be able to properly implement Mavis' strategy at their current state, so Mavis' strategy is actually not much different than placing a bet on someone and hoping for the best.