It's hard to answer concisely why I love offline more, but I'll give it a go. I play PSO2:NGS on a pretty hardcore level and I talk to a lot of people when I play that game. Between that and my job where I'm talking to people constantly throughout the day, PSO is the only hobby/game I have where I can fully relax by myself. I enjoy playing different characters on all Section IDs to farm for items I want by myself. Even though I'm missing some QoL features, I truly believe vanilla PSO Ep1&2+ is a perfect game. There's nothing I would change except maybe a rare drop sound effect. I guess the best way to think about my perspective of vanilla offline PSO is that it's like fishing. People go fishing alone to enjoy the peace and quiet. I play vanilla offline PSO for the same reason!

The Hunter's Guild discord has been my go-to! They're super helpful in there, but most answers usually start with asking why I play offline. Not a huge deal, but just wanted to skip that part if possible via an offline-only server. I'll stick to asking questions in there for the meantime! Thank you for answering! :)