Valiance said
Honestly, yes and no. Mostly no. It's not his fault as a character, but I'd like it if the group had to go without him for a plot at some point, just to see how it would go.
I've been kind of trying to keep him distanced, especially from this Noble plot. That whole fight was pretty much just for him to lose. It's just a lot harder now that half my characters are in another realm I can't access. I still may get rid of the Artifacts later though. It depends.