For certain, but this kind of treatment happens very rarely on other platforms or engines. I’ve moved my projects off-platform, since Roblox has proven time and time again to be incompetent at keeping things at a working level across versions, with features changing without any notice given to the end-user on what they had changed. Pathfinding, animation, sounds, they’re all core aspects of a game’s engine these days, but Roblox couldn’t keep things consistent to save themselves.
Because it’s what makes them money. Obviously, Roblox has always been around with the intention of money-making business, but business operates best when done so in the interest of the customer. This is not one of those endeavors, and it hasn’t been the first.
Need I mention how much more attractive other engines have become in recent years, in light of the slew of largely undesired changes Roblox has committed? Or how about the data breaches?
I’ve so many issues with Roblox, and I realize they service millions by the minute, but you can’t excuse their ham-fisted handling of their platform, their engine, their susceptible community members. It’s simply intolerable.
obligatory 1984 joke as i watch 10s of posts get deleted by the minute
of course all of this mayhem could’ve been easily avoided if roblox just. didn’t make decisions like these. but we can dream
People are making inappropriate posts to this thread because they feel the need to. They’re probably feeling a little betrayed by the platform’s negligence, which I want to say is not uncommon.
The forum moderators wouldn’t need to do this if the people in charge made better decisions in the community’s interest, instead of betraying their community’s interests in favor of investors and money-printer experiences.
The people whose posts were deleted are not wrong for feeling the way they did, for pouring their emotions into their posts. Updates like these are always incendiary.
I think we’ve gotten to a point now where people are observing a pattern of behavior, and hence why they are choosing to post memes. Yes, it’s poking fun at the topic, but that’s still a coping mechanism.
This update is grossly out of touch with the community, of course people would jab at it that way.
The points in this response aren’t very helpful and personally the “In the future” reasoning doesn’t really help me, I know it’s slightly off-topic, but Roblox said that public audios would come back… and look where we are over a year later. I feel like these compromises will never happen, but that’s just a personal thought.
This bit saddens me, because they are. The iconic Roblox faces that we all love are literally going away. While people still may be able to use them, my problem is new players (or even veterans who haven’t had a chance to buy them) aren’t able to use them anymore. Why can’t the classic faces, and the new heads, co-exist?
The classic faces cannot be compared to the new dynamic heads (especially if I am using R6) as they do feel quite a bit lifeless and stiff when they are compared side to side. There’s no way that you could put “Stevie Standard” next to “Smile” and say they look similar and remain iconic, it’s a different face.
Another thing I felt was left out in this response was forcing users to change to the new dynamic heads if their avatars had no face. Why? Wouldn’t you want to gauge opinions to see how exactly is using these new heads? Personally, if I wanted to see if my users liked a new addition, I would inform them of it, and then collect analytics to see how many users actually use said addition. If that’s what you’re doing, then your data has been tainted by forcing users to switch over.
The outpouring in this thread is proof that users clearly do not like this change, and while it is your “vision” I hope you can see to listening more broadly to the sensible posts in this thread rather than doubling down and releasing a FAQ that only serves to make things more confusing.
Investors are stupid not to intently watch what they invest into. Roblox will continue to make these decisions until their bottom line is at stake, which won’t happen unless the front page games that print money for them go on strike or investors have a knee-jerk reaction to this.
The new post update is completely dissatisfying. It’s quite ironic how limited these faces are in terms of expressions and customizability.
We’d still be using decal heads for custom characters (and starter characters) anyways. Much easier to set up for character emotions, especially for exaggerated expressions.
Oh yeah, there are literally UGC creators making custom faces as accessories. They look so much more rivetting to use than these 3D faces. What now? Delete them too? All for this update to bring such an “expressive” (or lack thereof) technology?
EDIT 3 or whatever: changed some words. poor vocabs. mb
I would like Roblox to consider the implications of removing classic faces from sale. This contradicts previous messaging and goes against Roblox’s mission to power creativity and allow users to express themselves.
This sets dangerous president, and I’m sure we will see the discontinuation of R6 soon.
Its also sad that Roblox will let NSFW posts stay up for hours but delete anything critical of the company or this update that could fall under breaking the rules. These messages are posted out of desperation. If transparent, clear, and straightforward communications was provided, I promise things would be going a lot differently. At this point there have been over 200+ posts taken down on this topic.
What are you talking about nothing has been removed, roblox is fantastic and loves their player base they are just making a step towards the future and i am not just saying that because my account has been threatened. NOT THAT IT WAS. Im just saying maybe you guys should just give this update a real chance you know? because you have to understand. what are your actual options? you have none. So lets just enjoy this super duper wonderful update.
Of course there would be reckless updates like these by now, they’ve gotten away with it many times over. The animation update, the sound update (and lack of follow-through in earnest), the continued negligence towards bad actors, the punishment for wanting to appeal to older audiences who are less likely to receive ads because it is quite literally encouraged to block ads by federal agencies…
I could go on and on about this. I’ve already stated my case with this update, but now that I’ve seen this post in particular, I feel it has to be reiterated/bumped.
Thirteen years I’ve been on this platform, and honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if within the next year they announce the removal of R6 in poor taste.
If Roblox removes R6 like they’ve been silently sunsetting for the past few years, there goes the part of the community which stands by the character type. It’s only a few more milestones away, folks, enjoy your Roblox while it lasts.
Let’s say the tally for deleted posts is up to 250.
Are community members not allowed to express in vivid color how they feel about this update?
Humor me, how much longer do you think this post will remain active until someone locks it because it looks so bad for Roblox? Are they so dead-set on this update, or will they have a knee-jerk reaction because of the backlash?
One has to wonder just how far this stunt will go. If it’s committed to, the implications are pretty dire looking.
