Being a Roblox developer isn’t easy. You have to find a balance between free content and letting players spend Robux. If you fail, the fans will come after you. That’s what happened to a Roblox developer who had to apologize and promise an improved F2P experience.

The Anime Defenders community was disappointed by the recent introduction of what they see as pay-to-win mechanics in the latest update. Players voiced their displeasure over the requirement to grind extensively in order to obtain Wishes needed for special summons. Negative fan reactions forced the Anime Defenders developer to issue a statement and admit that he made a mistake.

"We take full responsibility for missing the mark on this one. We love our community and F2P players and fully deserve the hate right now – we didn't want to let anyone down with this final update." Developers even went so far as to promise more grinding fun (that's a thing, right?), F2P-friendly, reasonably priced future products, and generally more rewarding experiences. So what does that really mean?

Anime Defenders is a popular tower defense Roblox experience that introduced multiple modes that have you grinding for resources for hours on end. But that’s a typical Roblox game, some might say. Well, the latest update introduced Hall of Mirrors, where you have to survive 30 minutes on the hardest difficulty for a chance to earn Wishes. Even if you do get a few, the chance to summon better units is extremely low (0.1% for Shadow Dragon and 0.7% for Legion Commander).