That’s a big leap to think that the voice actors are lying. I wouldn’t buy that. If the fanbase pressured Rooster Teeth, that is a good thing. I can’t really sift through /r/RWBY as I have no account on Reddit anymore. As I said in another comment, I do still like seasons 1-3, but I do still believe the show got better as it went along.

I remember the CRWBY talking about it when Bumbleby was confirmed in Volume 9, along with the voice actors themselves, in interviews like this. I admit it could have been better done, but the fact is that it was done.

I get what you are saying, but Bumbleby was planned from the beginning. You can say the early seasons were meh (which in some ways they were, in terms of the animation not being great) but it DOES get better as it goes along.