[piri_reis]

Good point.
But I think the game will be modable. Otherwise there's no point that the Devs would say that, unless, the Copy Protection plan was being discussed at the time of the interview and a much more strict system has been decided on. I'm totally against the "always online DRM" but my guess is the game will be modable even with this DRM. If not, what a shame, on UBI's part, and a financial loss it will be.