I wished there's a decent balance between the two.

IMO I think the show is at his best with more dialogue than just pure fighting

Before, I think the show only was eye candy at best with a story progression that was rather slow if non-existent. Volume 3 changed that, having a more dialogue and actually letting the story and characters grow.

You can have all the cool looking fights, but in the end it doesn't matter if you don't about the characters. Volume 4 and 5 have made me like characters I really didn't care about before like Ren and Nora