Well thank you, but this is terrible. Bah humbug.
I'll give you some background info on my situation (not that this will make a difference).
It's not about the antivirus programs being free or not..it's about my
family thinking the only reason viruses exist is a scam, to get people
to pay for protection.
They also believe the government is spying on them.
You can't convince people who are SURE that it's all a conspiracy to think otherwise.
They respond by absolutely rebelling and boycotting everything.
For me--I wish that there was a offline way to patch the game, as it's silly to offer
a hard copy in stores, but no way to use it fully functional unless connected online.
In my opinion, (and this is me getting upset) if it's going to have to be like that,
then it ought to be digital download only, then people like me don't get our hopes up,
that buying it in store was a way to foolproof the family stubbornness..only to get
strangled halfway through trying to use custom content.
--Gripe gripe gripe, grumble grumble grumble bah humbug--
I apologize. I'm just really bummed out here.