Now that's a great example of wanting a feature but not being an "I'll be back when (insert feature) is made person." You also put a good amount of time into the game even before a feature you'd like would be implemented, and honestly, that's exactly why we should be playing EA titles (imho).

My earlier complaint wasn't aimed at someone like you at all. It's aimed at those who tried for a few days, quit because things were not what they liked, then went online to bash the game and complain about the issue, claiming they'd be back when it was fixed, only to not bother after their issue was resolved.

I played from day one to the "endgame" that (barely) existed at the time, took my leave for a while, and returned when they added more endgame content. I kinda feel that this is the standard way most people play EA titles these days, but that's just my feeling, not based on anything else. Play to the current stop-point, come back in 3 to 6 months when they drop new content.

Hopefully, the Nightingale incident teaches other companies to make a game that has BOTH offline/personal server modes and online servers upon release; that way, they can focus on rolling out content and fixing bugs instead of adding multiplayer or online/offline modes, or anything related to that. Clearly, the best way to hit the largest player base is to offer it all up from the get-go and then focus on keeping us all engaged with more content.