User blog comment:Raptor of Love/Big Mam's Crew/@comment-4605926-20111230223812/@comment-4605926-20120705114533

What I dislike about most series is that no matter where the hero's headed, he will always face some sort of difficulty and will not manage to deal with problem with ease. In other words, Luffy never really meets a significantly weaker antagonist in any arc that wasn't somewhat hard to defeat (except perhaps for the Return to Sabaody Arc). In order to see the real development of the crew we need to be shown their newly gained powers against past enemies or ones with similar strength and power because otherwise, it would feel meaningless and hard to quantify, it feels something is amiss.

Also, I guess you didn't have the knowledge of it yet when you posted your comment but if you look at the recently released Manga Chapters you will see that Luffy, Franky and Robin were defeated by Ceasar Clown whom I doubt is anything near a Yonko. I must admit, I was really surprised by the defeat.

A Yonko's power level is most likely comparable to an Admiral or even greater. Also, Law was kinda defeated by Vice Admiral Vergo with ease. In other words, it seems as if Pacifistas aren't as strong as I initially thought they were so the Straw Hats still have a long way to go in order to reach the top.