I mean, I don’t really see a strong reason to use them other than personal style, and this appears to be going mandatory in the near future.
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Cool changes but at least give us the option to disable the animations so the face doesnt move at all
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Ok, that is a generous way of summarising what people this. However, I may have a solution to this. Feel free to say if I miss something, I often do. Keep in mind, that I will use animated faces as I quite like the added animation in emotes.
First, what I see as a solution,
The animated faces section in the avatar editor, should have an option to disable facial animation. I think this would make a large number of people happy. This should be a separate option to real-time facial animation. Therefore, real-time facial animation would be enabled by enabling facial animation, then enabling real-time facial animation.
Next, what I think of the change,
The change is more of a logical step, rather than a huge change, this would allow developers to make their games more realistic by adding mouth movement to characters in a game. Facial expression can also show a lot about how a character feels. There would be a large number of possibilities by using it on a character. I would think that is what led Roblox to decide that they should give it to players too.
Finally, the thing we all know,
It doesn’t sound like a good thing, but we may just have to accept this change. Roblox seem very sure of this change, I have the impression that they have been working on this for a long time. While the small details like the facial animation toggle might be something that would be added, it is very unlikely people can convince them to scrap the idea.
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I don’t mind the dynamic faces being added up but never replace classic faces at all. I stopped playing Minecraft but I guess I’ll rethink of this when the platform collapes.
Oh well, we can’t have nice things
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I presume they’ll be “unsupported” with minimal updates if it catastrophically breaks in some way (somehow), in the same vein things like gears and classic clothing are still available.
They don’t make any new gears with the rare exception of packages, but you can still equip them in your profile, so i assume the same deal will happen with faces, just that you cannot buy them anymore (to i assume reduce confusion and “widen” support in a way)
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The update you have given has just made things worse!
Taking all classic faces away and replacing them with dynamic heads. Seriously?
Nobody is going to buy a recycled face for way more than it originally was with it’s only new feature being blinking and copying the users real face (which is creepy and probably wont be used by 80% of people anyway)
I genuinely have no idea who you think you are roblox, literally nobody is rallying behind this update everybody is against it. Stop with these ridiculous updates it’s just tiring seeing you make another terrible decision every month.
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Replacing the original faces just to make the animated is such a horrible idea. By putting the classic faces off sale, it also limits the creativity of those wanting to make avatars.
Forcing people to use it and making it mandatory is a great way to get the community angry.
Please put the classic faces back on sale.
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If your vision is for “everyone to have an avatar they love”, stop taking classic faces offsale. They should be an option for everyone. No one really wants this.
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We don’t have much of an issue with the dynamic faces update itself, the problem is actually in the way you are rolling out the feature.
Yeah, despite being able to just switch back to our old faces, we don’t want the newer users to be forced to switch to the “recreations” of the classic faces.
Sweeping classic faces under the rug is ACTUALLY what people take issue with.
Honestly, with the way you guys are rolling out the feature, you are shooting yourselves in the foot. There wouldn’t be much of a reaction if there wasn’t this huge catch of classic faces being literally replaced with this feature.
But now people’s overall impressions of the update have been lowered due to how it’s being rolled out, most hate the feature itself now and it’s the fault of the rollout.
Please roblox, just put the classic faces back onsale and give people options. That isn’t too much to ask for, is it?
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Nevermind guys this update is good because Baszucki will be able to fund his 14th mansion!
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oh wow what a deja vu surely roblox has not said anything like this in the past right… right???
really? are you sure? maybe double check some things once or twice? no?
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To be completely honest, I do not mind dynamic faces and I am sure that plenty of other users are the same on that opinion. What we do mind is Roblox taking away our classic faces for an inferior 3D version.
The problem everyone is having is that Roblox completely missed the point of what we wanted from this update. I do not mind the 3D faces, but I do mind not being able to purchase new 2D faces. This restricts - you hear me - restricts people’s vision for an avatar they love. What if a new user wants to have a 2D face for their avatar as it aesthetically works for my design? Yes, I will be able to use my classic faces, but new users won’t!
Roblox clearly missed the mark on this. I just hope that Roblox decides to make 2D faces bundled with their 3D counterparts when you purchase them so you can have a choice. It also will allow for more customization options for new users who don’t have those 2D faces. I hope Roblox is writing down our actual concerns instead of what they think our concerns are.
I will be honest, their correction is a step in the right direction, but not a far enough one. 2D faces should stay alongside 3D faces. This is why we have 2D clothing alongside 3D clothing.
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Please do not remove already existing features, the players already love. Just give the players a better alternative and they will switch automatically. Forcing everyone is just the same as with the rthro avatars.
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good lord, this comment section is hot flaming pile of garbage, as if Rthro and layered clothing wasn’t blunderous enough for Roblox.
let alone classic heads and faces, seriously, please. I dislike this update because the piece of Roblox’s history and culture is being erased with ludicurously controversial updates like these. let players decide their avatar choices and preferred styles, but not when we are FORCED to do so and with our Robux at extra cost.
separate Roblox from Roblox corporation
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Will the equivalent classic head be bundled with the dynamic head when bought (which would somewhat justify the increased prices of many dynamic heads), or will they just remain offsale forever?
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My question is - what is going to be done with ROBLOX Toy Code (Faces) in regards to the new facial animation feature ?
Will they receive the same upgrade that you mentioned about limited heads getting in order to protect extremely rare ROBLOX Toy Code Faces value ?
I am a large holder of around 1000 OG Toy Code faces, will this upgrade damage my inventory’s value in any way ?
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As far as I can see, it won’t really do so (decrease the value of faces). It just adds the ability to express emotions. All faces would most likely get a dynamic head counterpart.
I personally have no problem with animated faces as i’m sure a lot of other people would agree, however removing classic faces is just stupid, there are absolutely no downsides of keeping classic faces alongside the animated ones.
Another problem I have with this is that some classic faces being replaced by the animated faces are much more expensive or are just not free anymore, the chill face was a very popular face widely used among new players and the community in general and now that option is taken away from brand new players as now the animated version costs 120 robux, another example is the err face it was around 70 robux and is now 300, there are plenty more faces with drastic price differences and I imagine as the other faces are slowly replaced by the animated ones we could see more price changes.
Roblox says they are all about player expression but they are removing classic faces that have been around since the late 2000s and not everyone will want to use the animated faces so the classic faces should still be an option, it seems like its restricting player expression.
TL;DR This is not a great change and should definitely be re considered, over 1000 replies in 3 days is saying something.
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