[Tigrone]

I am very uncomfortable with the requirement to have a Ubisoft account and to be continously logged-in to it while using the game. It becomes an on-line game. I do not play online games. I am uncomfortable with giving a commercial vendor the amount of personal and use information that seems to be implied. I do not like the idea of being dependent on their good will or existence to able to play the game at all.

I avoid being continuously connected to the Internet for security reasons and for performance reasons. My normal practice is to clear my PC of anything latent, running in the background, and to disconnect from the web before loading a game.

I have Verizon high speed DSL, but it losses its connection periodically for up to a minute or 2, several times a day, occasionally requiring a modem reboot; or, it lags, especially later in the evening.

I also have Verizon high speed wireless, but it can lose its connection briefly or suffer lag too. Also, it is not as fast, as the DSL.

I find connections through online servers increase lag time.

This is something that will cause me not to buy SH5 if it comes true. I dislike that very much. I was really looking forward to it. I have owned every title or variation in SH or Command AOD, since they began. I am a longtime fan of sub sims and flight sims. Right now, Il2-46 and SH 3 & 4 are the games I always keep on my PC.

At least I will not need to pay to get a new PC to be up to speed for the new game's specs. But, that does not make me feel any better; I was really looking forward to SH5. I hope my understanding of this is wrong, and I'll see how it plays out after SH5 releases, but I am not hopeful after reading all the links and articles about it.