User blog comment:Jkphantom9/Shane Newville: "An Open Letter to All Who Treasured Monty Oum"/@comment-97.65.103.250-20160513173621/@comment-4010415-20160513180938

Honestly, you're not the only one who thought Volume 3 was great from a story telling perspective. Overall, it was a lot more well-received than the previous two Volumes. I enjoyed finally feeling tension and worry for the main characters, and I was stunned that they actually severely injured a main, title character (Yang). (Technically, Yang is in the title, since it's RWBY, as in all four girls) I keep telling people that Volume 3 is so good that it makes it worth watching Volumes 1 and 2. It seriously brought the hype back for me.

But, I guess, it all depends on what exactly you were watching RWBY for. A lot of people watched RWBY for a lot of different reasons. Some only for the action and fight scenes, some for the story, some for Monty, some for the characters, etc and so forth.