Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-10337166-20160513211451/@comment-28074460-20160521001559

From everything that I've read, there isn't really a right or wrong to the changes. It all depends on what you wanted RWBY to be as a series. Some key examples: Yang and Adam were originally supposed to have a long and involved combat scene. That got deleted and Yang got one-shotted. As a result, we get more character development for her, and Adam becomes much more prominent as an atagonist and as a threat to other characters in the show. Overall, it made the story and characters better. BUT, we also lost what would have most likely been a balls-to-the-wall awesome fight scene, full of shit we haven't seen before.

The same thing can be said about Pyrrha v. Cinder. If a first year student had God-moded and been a match for someone with the full power of a Maiden, it would have weakened Cinder's threat as an antagonist and undermined the entire lore of the Maidens that the show spent half a season building. She wouldn't be an all powerful force of nature that somehow has to be dealt with, but rather just an enemy that got lucky who could be beaten next time. But again, it meant losing out on what was potentially an even more amazing fight scene (Pyrrha was my favorite character, and believe me, I would have loved to watch her inflict some pain on Cinder.)

So, like I said, it all comes down to what you wanted RWBY to be. If you were into the show for the fun characters, a really cool world, and story that keeps getting better, the changes were probably an improvement. If you were an animation nut or a choreography junkie who lived for the amazing action sequences, the changes to Vol. 3 are almost certainly hurt the show for you.