Delayed, but I'm new, so I'm necroposting.
Still buying this game, internet connection required..oh well, I'm always home, and have too much internet to find uses for my GB allowance.
I do get how they're screwing over a lot of people here, but I also get the where they're coming from. On the other hand...the obvious thing right here, is that they actually came up with a solution...yet aren't going to implement it?
Offline character...online character.
It's simple? Those who don't want to play online, use the 100% offline character, those who do, just create the "online" character. Which idiot from their dev team wrote that and didn't get that, seriously?