User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E5 - χeep μoving φorward - Impressions/Recap/@comment-26397825-20171116043623/@comment-4010415-20171116204203

I recall hearing something about Volume 5 having 14 episodes being partially because RWBY received a budget increase, so yeah, Rooster Teeth isn't too poor for this. They're getting a bigger and bigger budget.

Though, I do wonder how Gen:Lock is going to affect the balance of things, and I really hope and assume that it will be 3D animated, since RT's 2D animation is not very good. Plus, the mechs would likely be easier to animate in 3D, once they figure out the layout of the mech's parts.