User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 448: Fight the Power! Review and Commentary/@comment-24264679-20150817160616/@comment-24784846-20150817165540

I agree with Dex, it sounds impossible for Fairy Tail to be able to take on all these super mages alone. Not even to mention the rest of army. Natsu and Gray were being pushed back by just Marin.

While FT Mages are stronger than other Guild Mages in comparison, that doesn't mean they should be there to help out. I think they need all the help they can get. From the Ten Wizard Saints down to the puny guilds. They're going to need numbers if they want to counter Albareth in a full on continent vs continent war.