Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but this is what I’m getting from this whole thing:
Roblox believes R6 isn’t expressive enough so they are going are going to deprecate it. (Which by itself is limiting how you can express yourself) The post mentions the majority of people use R15 (98%), which is true, but what about those who don’t use it? As of February this year, Roblox had 67.3 million DAU. 2% of that is 1.3 million people, and this is just for the daily active users. (Don’t forget about the fact that Roblox forces all new accounts past 2017 to R15, unless changed by the user.) If Roblox cared so much about users expressing themselves, would they not make it so that everybody, even the minority, can do so?
So going back, Roblox is deprecating this in favor of their new systems which from what I’ve seen, haven’t been received too well in the community. (Especially the whole animated face thing) But to “fix” this, they are releasing something that developers can use to simulate R6, which might I add, can only be done by the developers for their own games, and not by regular players. I get the feeling this whole system they’re releasing is to sugarcoat the fact that they’re burying something important to their heritage, when in reality, theres no need to simulate something when it already exists.
I understand R6 is outdated and may be hard to maintain, but removing it for not being compatible with these new features seems ridiculous. The majority of people using R6 use it for the old, nostalgic feel, not to put layered clothing and animated faces on it. This just enforces the idea that Roblox is trying to force people to use these new systems, whether they like them or not. As others have brought out, Roblox choses not to support R6 the way they support R15.
Finally, I’m not to sure on how long this will be true:
It’s been mentioned in the past that R6 would be here to stay, but it seems they’re going back on that. (Allowing developers to simulate R6 for players is not the same as players getting the choice themselves) That makes me believe they’ll have no problem going back on stuff like this as well.
At the end of it, I just don’t see why R6 has to be deprecated. So what if it’s clunky and unnatural? That’s what appeals to the people who use it. And so what if only a small percentage of people use it? They’re still people who deserve the chance to express themselves, instead of relying on a developer to design their game to accommodate their preferences.
Like I mentioned at the top of this, please let me know if I got something wrong here.
